Megyn Kelly Rebukes Matt Walsh for Saying Women Should Be ‘Traditionally Feminine’: Men Find Working Wives ‘Smokin Hot’

Isaac SchorrDec 21st, 2023, 2:30 pm
 

Conservative commentators Megyn Kelly and Matt Walsh sparred over whether women who enjoy masculine men should behave in a “traditionally feminine” way on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday.

The exchange began when Walsh reacted to a video of a self-described feminist said she “felt the feminism leaving my body” when a man she went on a date with a guy who paid for everything they did on it.

“She’s impressed that the guy paid, which is fine. Women are naturally attracted to providers,” opined Walsh about the video. “But if she likes this aspect of traditional masculinity, she has to accept the rest of it and be willing to play her part and be traditionally feminine. That’s where things usually break down for feminists.”

Kelly took umbrage with the premise.

“Actually, no she [the woman in the video] doesn’t,” she replied. “She can find a man who pays and also gets completely hot for a working wife who doesn’t cook or behave like any sort of traditional wife.”

“Why should the man play the traditionally masculine role of paying for the meals if the woman is not going to play the traditionally feminine role in return?” shot back Walsh. “This shouldn’t even be controversial. A woman who accepts gender roles when she can get a free meal out of it, but then rejects them in every other context, is being self centered and inconsistent. And that’s to put it gently.”

Kelly responded by insisting, “it’s not about role playing.”

“It’s about who you are and what attracts you. The message that in order to get a man who wants to take care of you, you have to be a trad wife is not true. Some guys want the fire & excitement of a working wife,” she continued. “Trust me, we bring plenty to the table that would be very appealing to many (not all) men and lots of those men would still want to take care of us, protect us, and marry us. It’s awesome!”

Walsh believed Kelly was misconstruing his argument.

“I never said anything about ‘trad wife.’  I don’t even know what that means anymore,” he said. “What I’m saying is that the argument for men paying for the date is grounded entirely in traditional gender roles. It is not consistent, not fair, and not honest for a woman to embrace that one single aspect of gender roles while rejecting the rest in principle.”

“Your premise that ‘she has to be willing to play her part and be traditionally feminine’ if she likes having her dinner paid for is wrong. Lots of us women have guys who pay bc they enjoy taking care of us & they don’t expect us to be ‘traditionally feminine;’ in fact they find us smokin hot & don’t feel aggrieved or unfairly taken advantage of at all,” argued Kelly in her rejoinder.

At that point, Walsh stopped responding directly to Kelly, but made another post that was clearly about their disagreement:

I said that a woman should not expect a man to play the traditional masculine role of paying for meals if the woman is not willing to play the traditional feminine role herself. She should not pick and choose the one aspect of gender roles where she gets free stuff. This statement is being treated as controversial and outrageous, even by some on the Right. Which shows why many men have given up hope in our culture. What are they supposed to do? Any suggestion that women also have responsibilities in a relationship is greeted with abject horror. They’re supposed to simply accept the double standard and submit to it without complaint. It’s insane. It’s evil.

Despite not being tagged, Kelly saw and addressed the post, agreeing with what she viewed as a more limited assertion.

“So you are limiting your comments to women who do not work but want things paid for and do absolutely nothing for the man or the partnership in return?” she asked. “Well that’s a no-brainer. Your initial comments were more sweeping.”

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