If there’s one thing the US elections have taught us, it’s that no one cares what celebrities think about politics. If they did, Kamala Harris would walk into the White House laughing alongside Beyoncé, J.Lo and Bruce Springsteen.
But she is not. instead tThe silent majority of Americans elected donald trump as its 47th president, giving him nearly seven million more votes than Harris. The fact that it was a landslide proves my point about Hollywood’s support.
Here in Australia we don’t really have celebrities telling us who to vote for in our elections. But we have some very loud influencers with strong opinions about who Americans I should have voted for. And the loudest by far is Abbie Chatfield.
You know Abbie. She was on The Bachelor and now she’s the voice of Generation Z—think podcasts, sex toys, and TV shows. She is our version of Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy.
First things first, I like Abbie. She’s feisty, she’s young, and she doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks of her. And with nearly half a million followers, she’s a role model for young women who hang on her every word as she goes into breathless Instagram rants about social justice, human rights, and shit.
Which brings me to my main point…
Last week, Abbie announced that since Trump was now president-elect of the United States, Australian women should stop having sex with men who support him.
Yes, it’s a MAGA bonk ban.
I like Abbie Chatfield, but telling her hundreds of thousands of followers to stop having sex with men because of her politics is not the answer, writes Amanda Goff (pictured).
How can that possibly work, I hear you ask? Well, Abbie says that before deciding to sleep with a guy, a woman should ask him his opinion on certain social problems. If he responds like a Trumper, leave him. If he claims to be indifferent, leave him alone.
He was echoing the principles of ‘4B’, a movement that began in South Korea in the late 2010s and represents four Korean words that begin with ‘bi’ (or ‘no’ in English): no bihon, bichulsan, biyeonae and bisekseu. That’s “don’t have kids,” “don’t date,” “don’t have sex,” and “don’t marry” straight men.
It’s basically giving two fingers to the patriarchy, with a bold message to guys who don’t respect women: we don’t need you, we won’t marry you, and we won’t give you our bodies anymore.
For Abbie and others, Trump’s re-election has inspired them to take a similar stance against the millions of young people, here and in America, who supported The Don.
Now, let me make this very clear from the beginning: Abbie can have sex (or not have sex) with anyone she chooses.
Last week, Abbie (pictured) announced that as Trump was now US president-elect, Australian women should stop having sex with men who support him.
Abbie urged women to stop giving men who support Trump “the perks of a relationship.” She said she didn’t respect women who kept “rewarding bad men with (their) presence.”
But don’t you think it’s too much to ask the average Australian to prove that it’s not A Donald Trump supporter? After all, he didn’t vote for that guy.
Furthermore, a ‘MAGA sex ban’ simply wouldn’t work. Men lie to get laid all the time. Believe me, I’ve heard them all. ‘I don’t have a girlfriend,’ ‘I’m not really married,’ ‘That dress doesn’t make your butt look big,’ ‘I’m devastated Kamala didn’t win.’
Are you really telling me that you’re going to believe what a man says when he’s questioned about social issues while he’s half naked in the bedroom?
If women truly follow Abbie’s example, all they will do is force men to hide their political beliefs. (Remember those opinions we’re all entitled to?)
With the US elections, we have already seen Generation Z divided by gender: young men generally voted to the right (the so-called ‘brother vote’), while women supported Harris.
It is an ugly political division that does not bode well for that generation. But declaring that men are not worthy of female company simply because of who they voted for will only make things worse..
This type of division is everywhere.. I was recently browsing TikTok and found several therapists encouraging young people to separate themselves from “toxic” family members who support Trump. I mean, really?
It’s yet another example of disaffected people waging war on their own social circle over the outcome of an election.
Abbie and her supporters argue that because Trump came to the United States, abortion could be illegal in Australia and that all women would lose their freedoms.
Let’s be sensible: that’s not going to happen.
Donald Trump was re-elected president last week, in part because he got the ‘brother vote’
Do you know what worries me the most? Iraq’s government is likely to lower the age of consent for girls from 18 to nine. Law 188, the “personal status law,” would allow adult men to marry young girls, essentially legalizing pedophilia.
I’ve spent a ton of time on social media over the last week. I have seen many women talk about security, freedoms and rights. How about we start with those girls? Where is the indignation?
Perhaps criticizing right-leaning Australian men is better for engagement than standing up for nine-year-olds in Iraq.
I understand Abbie’s anger at seeing extremist thugs yelling “Your body, my choice” at heartbroken Harris supporters. METROYour advice? Ignore them. Don’t give them fuel. They are trolls who feed on your rage.
Seeing their bile amplified online must be infuriating, but in the real world, they’re nothing more than basement-dwelling losers. They do not represent the majority of men out there.
I am a feminist and yet I still love men; I have always done it. I believe in love, not hate. And after everything that happened last week, I want people to come together, not turn against each other.
The Internet will convince you that there are men and women at war right now, but I’m still going on a date. And I’m certainly not going to give up sex.