Ok, this was a very interesting anecdote.
First of all, I wouldn't say "feminist" so much as "typical modern woman".
As I've said many times recently, you can't completely ignore and isolate "modern woman behavior" and the behavior of the Trad girls at your chapel -- as if those women aren't influenced at all by the world, OR as if they are influenced ONLY by pre-Vatican II Catholic books and the sermons of devout Catholic Trad priests. If only!
No, there IS some crossover. Now I'll admit, we shouldn't assume single Trad ladies pushing 30 are still single for the usual reasons (they were chasing Chad, they can't pair bond anymore, alpha widows, they rode the "carousel" too long, etc.) but that doesn't mean they don't absorb SOME of the culture, tendencies, and habits of the thousands of TYPICAL, MODERN women they interact with on a yearly basis.
I am not saying that all Trads are worldly. But we must remember that Trads don't exist in a vacuum. The world is all around us. We share a world with the "worldlings". We watch the same movies, listen to the same music, visit the same websites, interact with the same people, watch the same news, etc. It's even worse if you go to the same schools/colleges, and/or have lots of non-Catholics in your friend group. The culture we absorb as 2020's Americans is NOT universal or inevitable. Just go overseas to see just how differently other people see the world, and how they handle daily life. And I'm not talking about the truth/religion either -- I'm talking about other, neutral things.
Next point: Is this woman truly a Trad? Well, she was found at a Trad chapel. So right there that means you COULD meet women like her at YOUR chapel as well. But at the risk of falling for the "no true Scotsman" fallacy, it IS true that some "Latin Mass" attendees are truly not Traditional Catholic in any measurable way. Does warming a pew for 1 hour every Sunday make you fundamentally different from the rest of the world, a so-called "Traditional Catholic"? I don't think so. NEVERTHELESS, these "not Traditional Catholics" or "Latin mass attendees" are found at chapels all across the country -- so be aware.
Next point: My main reason for posting this is the HUGE similarity between this behavior, and what I've seen countless times among worldly women on other Social Media platforms (usually TikTok). Just for starters, I'm guessing she's not very Trad, on account of the fact she's on Social Media, complaining about men asking her out, and she has 7,000 followers. That doesn't happen by accident.
I've studied this a lot, and it's VERY typical for women to make posts like this on Social Media, complaining about guys that asked them out. The usual case is this: the guy wasn't attractive to her. And women can be *very* picky when it comes to physical traits. Let's put it this way: you know the stereotype about men -- how they are superficial, and drool after beautiful women? Modern women are JUST AS BAD, if not more superficial. At least when they're looking for "non-serious fun". Now I sincerely hope that Trad women aren't looking for hookups. But the illusion of overwhelming number of choices, the Disney Princess dream: these are some of the modern trends I think DO bleed somewhat into the Tradosphere. Remember, a lot of these things aren't rational or consciously thought about. Unless a woman is super rational and/or self-aware, she's not going to see it. Self-knowledge isn't common or easy to achieve.
Social Media (and dating apps, of WHATEVER variety) do something to a woman's mind. Being able to sit there and sift through dozens, hundreds, or thousands of men is NOT natural! The apparently "plentiful" choices overwhelms the mind, and shuts down the rational part of her brain. It reduces men to physical stats and looks, and the whole thing becomes an equation. It brings out one of their dark tendencies: HYPERGAMY.
Let's put it this way. If we didn't have Media and the Internet (nevermind Social Media and dating sites), women would only have men IN THEIR LOCAL AREA to compare men with. They wouldn't be so damn picky, or impossible to please. And guess what? As a matter of historical fact, they didn't used to be! Even in the 90's things were infinitely better compared to today.
Topic: Another case of Trad feminism (Read 526 times)