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The liberals promoted feminism as a movement for women’s empowerment and agency, emphasizing nurturance, empathy, and equality. Gaines countered that "equality" in the modern context often translates into women seeking to challenge and overturn established social roles, leading to chaos.
He argued that Western civilization’s greatness stems from its Christian roots and hierarchical social structure, which provided stability and order—parts of the society that feminism and secularism threaten to dismantle.