Who Does the Media Most Want to Silence? | 5 Minute Video
In the mainstream media, women on the left are almost always portrayed as paragons of compassion and virtue. But when it comes to conservative women, it’s a different story. Why is this? Heather Higgins, chairman of Independent Women’s Forum and CEO of Independent Women’s Voice, explains the reasons behind the double standard.
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Script:
Who’s the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court?
My guess is that most Americans would answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She’s so famous now that she is often referred to just by her initials—RBG.
Elevated to the high court by President Bill Clinton in 1993, the left-leaning Justice Ginsburg was the subject of not one, but two movies in 2018 alone. But she isn’t the first female Supreme Court justice. She’s the second. The first doesn’t have a movie named after her. That’s because Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed by a Republican president, Ronald Reagan.
We hear a lot about “the year of the woman,” “the women’s march,” and “the war against women.” But if the major media—the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, CBS and others—were more interested in accuracy than advocacy, it would be that they are promoting “the year of leftist woman” or “the leftist women’s march.”
The major media like to pretend that all women think alike and that conservative women are just the exception that proves the rule. But according to a 2018 Pew Research study, about a third of women are Democrats; a little less than a third are Republican; and a little more than a third are independents.
So if there are all these conservative women around, how does the media make it seem like they barely exist?
They use three strategies.
The first is Omission: If you don’t see something, you don’t have to deal with it.
Open up a glossy magazine. Every liberal woman is glamorized. Stylishly dressed, beautifully photographed, their personal stories are almost always an inspirational version of Joan of Arc: they have overcome overwhelming obstacles to make the world a more compassionate and tolerant place.
Glamour magazine recognized eleven Democrat women among their 2018 Women of the Year. No Republican made the cut.
First Lady Michelle Obama was on the cover of Vogue three times.
First Lady and former fashion model Melania Trump? So far, not once.
Every now and again, the major media will do a story about a female conservative to “balance things out.” But, let’s be honest, it’s not balance—it’s tokenism.
The second strategy the media uses to diminish conservative women is Mocking: Making fun of a woman’s appearance discounts what she says.
You would think the major media would resist this kind of objectification. But they don’t. Not if the target is a conservative woman.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, and Kellyanne Conway, the first woman to run a winning presidential campaign, are routinely belittled for their hair, their eye makeup, or their weight. Their significant accomplishments, in contrast, are rarely acknowledged.
Why? Because the media doesn’t like their boss. And it treats women who work for him as traitors to their sex.
The third strategy the media uses to demean conservative women is Labeling: Using stereotypes precludes there being a valid reason for conservative women to hold the positions they do.
The major media simply can’t accept that conservatives have serious and important reasons for their beliefs. So they have to come up with answers to explain this seeming anomaly to themselves: these women must be racist or self-hating or just weak-minded.
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I agree strongly 😊
The New York Slimes and the Washington Compost are nothing short of Nazi propagandists for the Democrat party.
I'm a Constitutional Conservative and I love speaking out and making lefties look stupid because it's easy.
Salute to PU for your courage in standing up for Truth!!
Radical Islamist society women r only as oppressed as r western men
U may think work is privilege We think being house spouse is privilege that Muslim women get.but western men don't
Do I need new eye glasses or is this video lacking a "Like Button"… I like this video.
Lefty's don't have any brains , most conservatives think before they speak.
RGB (Red Blue Green)
How to create more honesty in society? It is up to us to not just be bystanders. From Catholic catechetical teaching…
The Nine Ways of Being an Accessory to Another's Sin:
By silence
By counsel
By consent
By partaking
By command
By provocation
By concealment
By praise or flattery
By defense of the wrong
First woman appointment was Sandra Day O'Connor.
I am a conservative boy, currently I am 9 years old and my mom runs a small, popular local business.
She specializes in bathing dogs, the people love the business.
In one day, she met a woman that knew her business and frequented watching her videos.
She was happy.
I shall stand up to my role with my whole conservative family and show to these non-respecting leftists.
The fact that conservatism isn’t madness. It isn’t denial. It is a soup of common sense with caution and skepticism of dangerous and major changes on life.
Thank you, Prager University and Heather Higgins for showing me.
I was always a conservative. And it won’t change any soon.
And shall Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy not be forgotten.
This video is a bit old but right now most of the fastest growing political channels on YouTube right now are conservative channels.
That's GOVERNOR Sarah Huckabee now.
Anyone who thinks that a woman does not have her own opinion and thoughts has never met a woman
Shit I dunno y'all try this silence thing my bitch brought a ballgag into the bedroom the other day and not trynna be crass but shit's been goin CRAAAAAAZY for real though
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is now the Governor of Arkansas, and she has been a great governor of Arkansas. Just look at what she has done so far, when it comes to the Drag Queen Story Hour and banning the Drag Queens from public places like in Libraries and other laws that has made the insanity of the leftist mob even more frustrated. Arkansas is part of the “Bible Belt “ and nothing is going to change that.
Anyone who listens to the leftist demon rat controlled lame stream media are mental midgets.
Stewie Griffin
You make a lot of valid points but you're no different. You talk about how the media isn't fair but you refuse to acknowledge actual bigotry that isn't against conservatives or white people. And your use of the word "blacks" instead of black people is a red flag. Typical to also bring up Islam. Also the problem with conservatism nowadays is that every single one you meet always proves the liberals point. It's hard to hate democrats when the people who mostly do are also pieces of trash.
At this point, speaking out as a conservative can cost even your You Tube account.
They do it no only to woman, they do it to anyone who is conservative don’t matter gender,color or race. That’s one of the many reasons I walk away from democrats
As a devout Christian conservative male when I want a woman's opinion I will give it to her.
I do hope they continue with their out of sight out of mind strategy. It’s only fuel for another 2016..
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The irony is that Joan of Arc was a devout Catholic who fought for the rightful king of France.
Yet people supposed to listen to democrats the ones who want to be your GOD yeah ok
I admire the Independt Women's Forum which advocates "equity feminism" or "traditional, classically liberal, humanistic feminism".
Sandra Day O'Connor or SDC, deserves to be as acclaimed as Ruth Bader Ginsburg or RBG.
Thanks for the lecture, Heather.
I'm a conservative Latina, my political views were set long before I met my husband. I don't need a leftist female celebrity speak for me, she doesn't know me or any other conservative woman for that matter. She needs to stick to singing & not share her political views, as if they have any weight cause she's a celebrity.
The View has all liberal wackos except for one token conservative.
Women from the dawn of time have always spoken their own minds. The left doesn’t want you to know that. Even before women fought for the right to vote. Their husbands sought their guidance. Not all men throughout history and now are domineering jerks. Those get more attention because it’s more dramatic. In fact there are just as many domineering women as there are men. But that’s one of the omissions of the left. The left would never tell you that the territories that gave full voting rights to women before the 19th amendment were in the west. Wyoming, Utah, Washington state, & Alaska. They also don’t want you to know that woman from the time the west was founded, did more and had just as much to contribute as men did. The women in the east part of the country, were still following the ways of England. Woman were to do nothing but paint, crochet, needlework, & learning French. That was what an accomplished woman was to the leftists of that time. Aka The “elites”.
I didn't give a thought about that! An eye-opening video. Thank you.
ps. Your voice is gorgeous.
What scares me is that over 1,000 people are dumb enough to thumbs down this video lol
If the left want to censor conservatives, we'll censor the left. Eye for an eye.
Leftism is good for one thing, opposing "cousins".