Time’s Up? About Time for the Truth

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Truth, by which the world is held together, has sprung from the earth, in order to be carried in a woman’s arms. — St. Augustine

Blessed Pope Paul VI, the author of Humanae Vitae, is finally being hailed as somewhat of a prophet. Subject to intense criticism over fifty years ago, Pope Paul argued that support of hormonal contraception would increase infidelity, disrespect of women, sexual abuse, and the “right” to alter one’s own body (since the sexual act is no longer tied to reproduction, but rather merely recreation).

Hmmm. Let that sink in. Fifty years ago.

As I read about the women who made statements on the Golden Globes Awards, I was glad to see that they agreed that “Time’s Up” on the abuse and denigration of women.  It’s good that it may no longer be acceptable to treat women as objects, to be used and discarded. It’s also good that women should feel empowered to share their truth of harassment and belittlement. I’m delighted that the men who look upon women as deserved prizes, notches on the belt, or bragging rights might just be getting the message and a swift kick where it hurts.

Where Support Should Start

But is wearing a black dress, stating a witty one-liner, or sporting a #metoo hashtag going to stop the denigration of women? Or is this just another example of Hollywood virtue-signaling? What if the Hollywood celebrity complex really wanted to support women? What might that truth look like?

Start with unborn women who are aborted just because they are female. In India alone, nearly 700,000 girls are aborted each year. Overall, since 2000, over 100 million girls are missing from the world due to feticide, just because they were female. Time’s up for female genocide. (Might we see some of those black dresses walking with us at the March for Life?)

Recognize that abortion hurts women. As they are coerced to deny the truth of the life that is growing inside of them, they “choose” to kill their own babies, and part of themselves as well. Not surprisingly, they suffer higher incidences of depression, mental health problems, substance abuse, and suicide. Time’s up for calling abortion what it is not: empowering. (And while we’re at it, time’s up for treating Planned Parenthood as a comprehensive women’s health care provider. It overwhelmingly does one thing: abortion.)

Time to Stop …

Boycott the productions (as an actor, director, or producer) of films in which women wear scantily clad clothing (or none at all), perform sex acts, or demean themselves as objects. Choose to be a positive role model for girls in every film that you make, and say no to mere “consent” as the cheap arbiter for what is right and wrong. Bring back the truth exemplified by Jimmy Stewart’s character in The Philadelphia Story, when he stated that “there are rules about that”—the rules which prohibit men from taking advantage of women.  Create roles for men as true gentlemen, respectful of women, understanding that love is not synonymous with sex, but rather it is the desire for what is best for the other. Perhaps that is why we still love the old movies in which integrity was honored, the dialogue was intelligent, and sex was left to the imagination. Time’s up for such base films and TV shows.

Stop honoring “songs” which are filled with filthy language, violence, descriptions of sex, and disparaging portrayals of women? Time’s up for garbage labeled as music.

Shun those “magazines” which promote demeaning, soft porn caricatures of women. Hugh Hefner’s life was one big lie, and there is no such thing as a happy Cosmo girl. Support a boycott of Sports Illustrated until they get rid of their “swimsuit” edition. Time’s up for magazines that pretend to be friends of women.

Speak out against unwed motherhood and absent fathers, while providing support for the girls who are pregnant. The “truth” is that the burden of unwed pregnancy falls overwhelmingly upon the woman, and is one of the greatest indicators of poverty, ill health, and future generations of the same. Help make it cool to get an education, get a job, get married, and then have kids. Time’s up for shortchanging women with these lies.

Finally, quit promoting sex to kids as if it is the very air they need to survive. Stop using sex to sell movies, clothes, beer, perfume, cars, shampoo, and razors. Instead, portray the truth about sex as it really is meant to be: an adult act which is sacred, private, and tied to the miracle of the creation of new life. When sex is a holy act, women are treated with dignity. Time’s up for sex as a tawdry salesman clinging to our daughters and sons.

We Welcome You

This newfound discovery of dignity for women in Hollywood should be welcomed by all of us who always felt that women deserved nothing less. In fact, we have always been in love with a woman who is the cornerstone upon which our entire Church rests, and is the ultimate representation of dignity: Mary. We also have been inspired by thousands of women who brought their brilliance to benefit our Church, saints and sinners alike. We are also home to the first real feminists: our Catholic nuns who were CEOs of hospitals, schools, universities, and corporations long before it was acceptable in the outside world.

So we welcome you to join us, and we hope that it’s not just talk … because time’s up for that.

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13 thoughts on “Time’s Up? About Time for the Truth”

  1. I had this over weight manly femist agrje with me about Our Blessed Mother’s Perpetual Virginity amd how the Catholic Church oppressed women. Seems to me that feminist are oppressed.

  2. I love the Article. I just can’t stand modern feminism any more. I don’t want any association with it.

  3. Good article, succinct and to the point. Would just like to note that the entertainment industry and some of its ancillary activities seem to attract a number of women who, while preaching the feminist gospel, seem to have very little reluctance to use tactics they claim to abhor. The gasps of surprise and shock at recent revelations would have some meaning did not most of us have at least a general familiarity of the behavior of the more hedonistic employees of that industry and the obvious knowledge by others of what was taking place.

    1. Pueblo
      It is so very sad. I wonder if virtue-signaling is more important than integrity. It seems to depend upon who is watching, doesn’t it?
      God bless—-

  4. Suport women as independent members of society with the ability to make our own decisions and exercise our own agency. Quit praising ‘angels in the home’ and submissive wives. Stop referring to men as ‘heads of the household’ who have the right to make or approve all decisions in the family and teach men to be partners instead of tyrants. Require by law businesses to give parental leave and prohibit mandatory overtime entirely. Get as many women in positions of power as possible.

    1. Dear Karen
      Please read more about the women in the Catholic Church. I would suggest to you that there was nothing submissive about Dorothy Day, Mother Teresa, Edith Stein, or the innumerable nuns who founded hospitals, schools, or other corporations which serve people of all faiths.
      Second, it is only you who are calling women who stay in the home “submissive.” As a mother of five who did stay home while our kids were little, I rather saw myself as a partner with my husband in raising our children. It was more important to me to be with them than continue to practice law, and afterwards I was glad to be a teacher. In short, I knew I could always work, but I never could get those years back when our kids were little.
      Now as an employee of the Church, I can tell you that they are most supportive of women, men, and families.
      Best wishes—

  5. Dear Cynthia, thank you so much for speaking Truth on this topic I came ‘of age’ (21) in 1969 — at the height of the ‘Sexual Revolution’. What a colossal mistake that was for women!

    The invention of ‘The Pill’ was the beginning of the LOSS of ‘Women’s Dignity’; yet, I saw it back then, as ‘Freedom’ — from the hardships my mother had endured, getting pregnant almost every year — having 8 children and 7 miscarriages, over a 22-year marriage, wherein she suffered physical violence and mental/emotional/financial abuse by my father, throughout that ‘Catholic’ marriage!

    I am now almost 70 years old, and can’t tell you how much I suffered through BECAUSE of those Lies that I ‘bought into’! I have 4 granddaughters, and I intend to send them this article!

  6. Cynthia, a heartfelt thank you! Your words are magic to my ears as they speak the truth seldomly heard. Thank you for your absolute correct portrayal of this disgusting culture and its lies upon lies upon lies!

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