re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address

He’s a Catholic who said Catholic things at commencement speech for a small Catholic university. Regardless of how you feel about what he said it’s stupid to get upset about it. Especially since the thing that people are most upset about (that women should all be stay at home moms) wasn’t even one of the things he actually said. He said most of the women in the crowd (presumably nearly all Catholic) will find their greatest meaning and purpose in being a wife and mom. And in my experience that is true for most women, religious or otherwise. That includes women who also work. And it’s biologically self evident why that would be the case.

My wife and I have three kids, aren’t religious and she will tell you she derives far more pleasure and meaning from being a mom than she ever did in her career prior to having children. She has a masters degree and lucrative skill set, life would be easier financially if she still worked but both her and the kids are happier that she doesn’t. That is by far the more common scenario than the inverse, where women with kids still find more pleasure and meaning in their career.

Hes basically saying don’t sacrifice a family at the alter of your career. If you can do both fine, but most women will find themselves unfulfilled later in life if they renounced marriage and children for their work. Thats just the reality of human biology.