This quiz was created in response to the controversy surrounding Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College. During the commencement speech, Butker referred to Pride Month as an example of the ‘deadly sins.’ He also addressed gender ideologies and said a woman’s most important title is ‘homemaker.’
Leading us to ask, Harrison Butker, or Handmaid’s Tale?
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“Men set the tone of the culture, and when that is absent, disorder, dysfunction, and chaos set in.”
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Harrison Butker
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“The spectacles women used to make of themselves. Oiling themselves like roast meat on a spit, and bare backs and shoulders, on the street, in public, and legs, not even stockings on them, no wonder these things used to happen.”
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Harrison Butker
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Handmaid’s Tale
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“Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values in media, all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder.”
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Harrison Butker
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“Think of the trouble they had before. Don’t you remember the singles’ bars, the indignity of high school blind dates? The meat market… Some of them were desperate, they starved themselves thin or pumped their breasts full of silicone, had their noses cut off. Think of the human misery.”
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Harrison Butker
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Question of
“The world around us says that we should keep our beliefs to ourselves whenever they go against the tyranny of diversity, equity, and inclusivity.”
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Harrison Butker
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Question of
“There is nothing good about playing God with having children—whether that be your ideal number or the perfect time to conceive.”
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Harrison Butker
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Question of
“No woman in her right mind, these days, would seek to prevent a birth, should she be so lucky as to conceive.”
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Harrison Butker
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Question of
“Be unapologetic in your masculinity, fighting against the cultural emasculation of men.”
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Harrison Butker
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Question of
“Some of you [women] may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Harrison Butker
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“[Women] are sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices.”
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Harrison Butker
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Question of
“I can tell you that my beautiful wife, would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.”
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Harrison Butker
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Handmaid’s Tale
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“[my wife’s] dream of having a career might not have come true, but if you asked her today if she has any regrets on her decision, she would laugh out loud, without hesitation, and say, ‘Heck, no.’”
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Handmaid’s Tale
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Harrison Butker
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