retrograde college commencement speech went viral, with the Kansas City Chiefs kicker becoming the new face of chauvinism. In his right-wing screed, Butker denounced Pride Month and “dangerous gender ideology,” while imploring women to embrace their role as homemakers. “I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you.
Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world,” he said.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Butker’s misogynistic words received a mixed response from the women at Benedictine College, a conservative Catholic school in Kansas.
One graduate described the experience as “f*cking horrible,” while the school’s nuns–yes, the nuns—denounced Butker’s speech as well.“Our community has taught young women and men not just how to be ‘homemakers’ in a limited sense, but rather how to make a Gospel-centered, compassionate home within themselves where they can welcome others as Christ, empowering them to be the best versions of themselves.
We reject a narrow definition of what it means to be Catholic,” they said in a statement.Finally a female student who just graduated from Benedictine college and was in the audience for Harrison Butker's commencement speech shares what it was like to hear his speech pic.twitter.com/gkR8jioHoySince his speech went viral, Butker has been exposed as a fraud in every way.