There’s been a lot said about the downfall of Western civilization being the introduction of voting rights to women in the 1920s. It seems to be logical. The government and government entitlements have been growing since women voting was introduced. It is women’s votes in general who have been pushing for more liberal politicians with more liberal agendas.
I used to think this way, but I don’t think it’s correct anymore.
Voting is just another symptom of feminism. The early stages of feminism but still a symptom.
Feminism happened because most men and most women wanted feminism. Oops, they didn’t think of the consequences… but they also don’t want to go back on it either. Both men and women each have the capacity to sin in great numbers and great amounts.
Most shades of conservatives and many so-called Christians would not walk back on any of the tenets of feminism because they believe them to beneficial. Sure, they’ll criticize 2nd and 3rd wave, but they will also insist that 1st wave is good. They are also persuaded by and defend foolish and worldly talk. They’ll insist on the traditional social scripts (high school -> college -> career -> car & house -> marriage) even if they compromise Christian sexual morality.
Ecclesiastes 7:27 “Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “adding one thing to another to find an explanation, 28 which am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. 29 Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”
Most people are rebellious against God, so it should not be a surprise that most will turn aside to ideologies and philosophies that run counter to God’s design.
Voting is just another symptom of feminism which is another way to rebel against God. Even if women never had the right to vote, we would still live in a society that actively rebels against God.
To prove the point from the comments:
No abortion/no transgenderism/no welfare state/no acceptance of homosexuality/no mass immigration/no rampant divorce/no rampant faithlessness…. I could go on.
You’re acting like these things came into place because of the voting power of women. That’s false. They would have come into place regardless.
Look at any of the past powerful cultures like Greeks and Romans. They had most of these, even when the husband had “full authority” and women had very little if any political power.
No transgenderism, possibly. The Greeks and Romans had all of the rest, often worse than today like pederasty (though we’re getting there).
