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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker struck a nerve. In a commencement address at Benedictine College in Kansas, he ventured to female graduates that some “careers in the world” are less fulfilling than many believe. He also suggested that being a homemaker is “one of the most important titles,” praising his wife Isabelle for “living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.” Many liberals seemed horrified—and apparently unaware that liberal lawmakers have long promoted homemaking over paid employment.
In response to Butker’s remarks, Change.org circulated an online petition that suggested his comments “reinforce harmful stereotypes that threaten social progress,” and called for him to be fired. Maria Shriver submitted that “it’s demeaning to women to imply that their choices outside of wife and motherhood pale in comparison to that of a homemaker.” Jason Page of MSNBC assailed “the ignorance of a kicker telling women to stay at home and pop out babies in a subservient manner while worshipping their husbands.” Even nuns affiliated with Benedictine College weighed in, saying “one of our concerns was the assertion that being a homemaker is the highest calling for a woman.”
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