We’ve seen the weaponization of childhood, with 2018’s Greta Thunberg and other minors being used to advance political agendas. We’ve seen the weaponization of anti-motherhood, with feminists’ impugning of feminine domesticity and the reaction to the leaked Supreme Court Roe v. Wade draft opinion.
And some may find it ironic that a media outlet that’s party to both these phenomena is now complaining of a weaponization it alleges is occurring — of motherhood.
At issue is an article by MSNBC opinion columnist Cynthia Miller-Idriss, an American University professor with a Ph.D. in sociology, entitled “How right-wing extremists weaponize the idea of motherhood.”