On June 2, 2020, millions of influencers and brands took to Instagram to post the infamous “black square,” a form of protest against alleged police brutality, policing in general, white people, and a perceived lack of urgent action on the part of law enforcement following the death of George Floyd in police custody. The incident has become a harbinger for the way mass movements can spread quickly via peer pressure on social media, regardless of truth.
Upon further examination, it is clear why such methods are so effective at producing social cohesion, and why it took years before clearer heads could prove that Floyd died with lethal doses of fentanyl in his system and that Derek Chauvin was using a Minneapolis Police Department approved subduing tactic for arrest.
Social media movements are exactly that – social. Women are especially drawn to such political activism as it immediately places them in a group of like-minded individuals who validate each other’s goodness. Women are far more motivated by this sort of thing than men, yet is blaming women for such social movements the right call?
Today, a new social media movement is brewing, this time over ICE deportations and the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Influencers are urging a Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 “blackout” day, where no one goes to work or goes shopping. The idea is to pressure corporations and brands to take a political stance on border security. Yet conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey, who boasts a large platform influencing women on politics, is urging females to “use your mind” rather than “use emotion to make important policy decisions.”
Unfortunately, it is not in a woman’s immediate nature to do this. Women aren’t naturally built for politics. Instead, their faculties are very well suited to care for and nurture their children and build a home. It’s small wonder that careers like nursing or teaching or nannying are disproportionately dominated by women.
Because of this, conservative women who are rejecting the current push towards empathy for illegal aliens at the expense of national sovereignty are not only swimming against the tide of the culture but also their own natures. Evidence of this is seen in podcaster Alex Clark’s recent X comment that among a Facebook group she runs of 20,000 conservative women, “the majority think the Alex Pretti shooting was unjustified.”
But while it might seem appropriate to some to bash women for such views, the last thing these women need is for men to antagonize them as “the problem.” Instead, masculine leaders must take steps to shield ICE-supporting women from the onslaught of anger they are about to receive at the hands of their hive-minded female friends.
One way to do this is to equip women with talking points and stories that counteract the currently popular narrative about ICE. Women should know the name of Laken Riley, who was killed by an illegal alien via blunt force trauma and asphyxiation while on her morning jog. They should know the story of Luis Jocsan Nanez Lopez, a 15-year-old who was killed trying to protect his mother from being raped by a Mexican illegal alien in Kentucky. They should know these names and stories better than they do those of Pretti and Good.
For too long, we have allowed liberals to claim a monopoly on compassion. Yet the female penchant for compassion at all costs can be turned on its head.
Thus, while it is important that we use the left’s tactics of weaponized empathy against them, it is even more important that true men of courage reject the feminist lies that will likely result in more victimization and carnage in our nation. The actual enforcers of the law must block their ears to the pleas of empathetic liberal women. And we must also recognize that even the most informed women will likely not be comfortable with what deportations will look like in practice.
This does not mean that femininity is unimportant, but that feminine nature is wholly unsuited for the monumental task at hand. From abortion laws to criminal justice to border security, politicians have cowed in the face of sob stories for too long. It’s time for that to stop and for us to reject a dangerous and feminized society.
Sarah Wilder is a writer and commentator on culture and the family. Formerly a reporter at the Daily Caller, her work has been published in Chronicles Magazine, The Federalist, and The American Mind.
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