Can someone explain to me why radical, second-wave feminists sneer at young women who want to stay home and have children of their own? Why they use the phrase, “Barefoot and Pregnant” as though this were in some way a slur, intended to demean those very same women?
What’s wrong with being barefoot and pregnant? To me, the expression conjures up lovely, serene scenes of happy women. Women who are loved by their husbands and happy with themselves and their God for the blessing about to be bestowed upon them.
I see….
A young woman, barefoot and lying on a sandy beach, while awaiting the birth of her precious child.
Or a young couple playing in the grass with their two-year old while the pregnant mother relaxes and wiggles her toes in the cool grass.
Or a beautiful woman sitting on a dock daydreaming about her soon to be born son, while splashing her feet in the clear water. 
A husband and his pregnant wife curled up on the sofa while they warm their feet by the fire or enjoy a movie.
Or a happy, mother-to-be having her bare feet massaged by her devoted husband.
I can’t understand why the term “barefoot and pregnant” has taken on such a negative meaning, unless you consider the miserable , depraved feminists who throw it around.
Are they jealous? You bet!!!
The End. It’s the Women, Not the Men!
It's the Women, Not the Men! 
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There is NOTHING wrong with shoeless feet, pregnancy, or either of those concerning females/women. However, the phrase is a specific political phrase, keeping women ‘barefoot and pregnant’ in history was a way to keep them vulnerable. If someone has no shoes or socks, it is implied they would never leave their house, and if someone is pregnant they are more physically vulnerable and are tied to that responsibility. The phrase is often ‘pregnant, barefoot and in the kitchen’, because often men have seen women as babymakers (pregnant) and maids (in the kitchen). Feminists who use the quote are scrutinizing the harmful reason many people have kept women in a vulnerable state so they’re submissive to men.
In English class they call a ‘loaded phrase’, meaning the phrase carries contextual meaning, more than just the individual words. So no, being barefoot and pregnant is NOT inherently harmful/wrong, but women HAVE been kept that way for gross reasons and feminists are referring to that. Hope this helps 🙂
P.S. Scapegoating, projecting, misplaced blame, and association are all common political errors, where people associate a behaviour, idea, event, etc., with things that are not an exclusive factor. Humans have an instinct to find patterns, so we tend to oversimplify issues and extend them beyond their core characteristics. Fascinating if you’re interested in sociology and psychology 🙂
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Whoa! Only a radical feminist, with a degree in gender studies, would overthink this phase and come to this negative and anti-male conclusion. Where’s the love in your analysis? Men have ALWAYS loved their wives and children, many to the point of sacrificing their lives for their protection! And, whether you want to believe it or not, that love is reciprocated.
Women love their husbands just as much as their husbands love them, or they wouldn’t have taken the first step to marriage. They love the prospect of having a child of their own as much as men love giving that precious child to their wives. There’s nothing innately obscene or untowardly in that mutual desire!
Not only are you implying that there is something sexually subversive, and manipulative, about the husband’s behavior towards their wives, but you are also therefore, inferring that women are weak creatures who can be coerced or intimidated into behavior that they disapprove of, or are opposed to, which blows the feminist theory of women being strong, independent and intelligent.
This is typical feminist double-talk. You can’t have it both ways. Its much better to just admit that men and women fall in love, get married so that they can both safely have, and raise, their beloved children, and let it go.
There’s NO underlying provocation or conspiracy afoot. Its simply how two people behave when they are in love, and waiting for the joyous birth of their children, whether they’re wearing shoes or not. And that’s OK.
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i appreciate this article!
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Thank you. I’m glad you found it interesting. It’s premise is to encourage young women to have the courage to enjoy being women again, despite the feminist’s pushback. 🙂
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