The re-election of Donald Trump lays bare a grim reality: America’s Christianity dooms its women, binding them to a worldview where equality is viewed as a rebellion against god’s order.
Trump’s victory is not just a political event but a cultural reaffirmation of a nation steeped in patriarchal religious values, where women are encouraged to embrace subservience as a virtue.
Despite decades of progress toward gender equality, Trump’s re-election proves how powerful the grip of Christian conservatism remains, a force willing to overlook misogyny, abuse, and inequality in favor of preserving a rigid social order that keeps men in control.
American Christianity functions not as a personal faith but as a political weapon, one that enshrines male authority as natural and punishes women who step outside prescribed roles. Much like authoritarian religious states where clerics enforce gender roles through law, America sees its own brand of patriarchy wielded by conservatives who evoke “traditional values” as a rallying cry.
Trump’s evangelical support base doesn’t simply accept his blatant sexism—they celebrate it, seeing his strongman persona as a necessary bulwark against a world they fear is losing its way.
News flash: It already has.
For his supporters, Trump embodies a cultural nostalgia for an era when men led without question and women’s lives were confined to the home. This vision is not a relic but a core belief in a vast swath of America, upheld by religious leaders and congregations who preach submission as a feminine virtue.
The message is clear: Independence in women is dangerous, a disruption to the social order ordained by god.
Trump’s re-election speaks to a willingness in America to forsake progress in favor of patriarchal “stability.” In this America, Christianity is not a liberating force; it is a doctrinal cage, one that restrains women under the guise of moral integrity and family values.
Until America confronts this intersection of faith and misogyny, women will remain at the mercy of a culture that views them as less-than, no matter how loudly it claims otherwise.
