The Narrowing Definition of American Womanhood: From "Childless Cat Ladies" to Threat to National Security
- Ash A Milton
- Jan 13
- 19 min read
How federal policy, political rhetoric, and cultural movements converge to threaten millions of women who don't conform to traditional expectations—and what happened when one woman defied the new order
The Machinery of Female Subjugation
For millions of American women—particularly those who are childfree, women of color, LGBTQ+, professionally ambitious, politically independent, or simply unwilling to fulfill prescribed reproductive roles—2025 marked a turning point. What had been rhetorical attacks and policy threats materialized into a coordinated system: federal directives labeling gender nonconformity as potential terrorism, Heritage Foundation blueprints for government-enforced marriage and childbearing, political leaders celebrating misogyny, online influencers mainstreaming violent contempt for women, and—on January 7, 2026—lethal force deployed against a woman who tried to document immigration enforcement.
The convergence reveals an emerging framework where women's value is contingent on their reproductive function and submission to male authority. Those who deviate—whether through career choices, sexual orientation, family structure, political activism, or reproductive decisions—face escalating consequences ranging from rhetorical degradation to federal investigation to actual violence.
This isn't speculation. The infrastructure is already operational.
NSPM-7: Codifying Thought Crime Against Gender Nonconformity
On September 25, 2025, President Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum-7, titled "Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence." Legal experts and civil liberties organizations immediately recognized it as a framework for investigating Americans based on their political views—particularly their views on gender and family.
The memorandum identifies specific beliefs as indicators of potential domestic terrorism: "Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."
What constitutes "extremism on gender"? Advocacy for transgender rights? Rejection of traditional gender roles? What defines "hostility towards traditional American views on family"? Choosing to remain childfree? Support for same-sex marriage?
The Brennan Center warned the directive could target "everyone from labor organizers, socialists, those who criticize Christianity, pro-immigration groups, anti-ICE protestors, and racial justice and transgender activists, to anyone who holds views that the administration considers to be 'anti-American.'"
NSPM-7 directs Joint Terrorism Task Forces to investigate organizations and their funders, officers and employees of suspect organizations, anyone providing "material support," and "potential Federal crimes relating to acts of recruiting or radicalizing persons."
On December 4, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi operationalized NSPM-7, instructing federal prosecutors to investigate "extremist groups" for "domestic terrorism" activities—including "tax crimes." The FBI was ordered to compile lists of "domestic terrorism" organizations.
The ACLU condemned the directive: "If anyone needed proof that 'terrorism' and 'political violence' are slippery and fraught categories subject to political, ideological, and racial manipulation and bias—well, this is it."
The practical effect: women's organizations, reproductive rights groups, LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, and anyone expressing views deemed hostile to "traditional American views on family" can now be investigated under a counterterrorism framework. Women who advocate for themselves, who organize politically, who refuse traditional family structures—all are now potential subjects of federal domestic terrorism investigations.
The "Childless Cat Ladies" Doctrine: Women Without Children as National Threats
The ideological foundation for NSPM-7 was laid through years of political rhetoric demonizing women without children.
In July 2021, then-Senate candidate JD Vance told TC (referred to by initials to not promote his content): "We are effectively run in this country, via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too."
CNN's KFile revealed a pattern. In November 2020, Vance said childless Americans in the "leadership class" were "more sociopathic." The "most deranged" and "most psychotic" social media commentators were "typically childless."
By August 2021, Vance was fundraising off these views: "We've allowed ourselves to be dominated by childless sociopaths—they're invested in NOTHING because they're not invested in this country's children."
When Trump selected Vance as his running mate in 2024, Trump defended him: "He loves family. It's very important to him."
The implications: women without biological children lack sufficient investment in America's future. Now, as Vice President, Vance's views inform policy. Combined with NSPM-7, the "childless cat ladies" doctrine has teeth: federal investigation of women deemed insufficiently invested in reproduction.
"Women Are the Kind of People That People Come Out Of": Reducing Women to Reproductive Vessels
The reduction of women to their reproductive capacity found perhaps its most explicit articulation in August 2025, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted and praised a CNN video profile of Pastor Doug Wilson, founder of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches.
In the video, Wilson—whose church opposes women's suffrage—explained his view of women's purpose: "Women are the kind of people that people come out of. The wife and mother, who is the chief executive of the home, is entrusted with three or four or five eternal souls."
Wilson's church doesn't believe women should be allowed to vote. In the CNN segment, congregant Amy Prince explained: "My husband is the head of our household, and I do submit to him." Fellow pastor Toby Sumpter advocated that "families should vote as a household," with the husband and father casting the vote. Another pastor, Jared Longshore, said he would support repealing the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in 1920.
The video also showed Wilson defending previous comments about "mutual affection" between slaves and their masters and advocating for recriminalizing sodomy—which the Supreme Court invalidated in 2003.
Hegseth's repost included the comment "All of Christ for All of Life," which Wilson later told the Associated Press is the church's tagline. "So, he was reposting it and saying 'Amen' at some level," Wilson explained.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed in a statement to NPR that Hegseth "is a proud member of a church affiliated with the Congregation of Reformed Evangelical Churches" and "very much appreciates many of Mr. Wilson's writings and teachings."
The nation's Secretary of Defense publicly endorses a pastor who believes women should not vote and exist primarily as vessels for producing children. This isn't fringe rhetoric—it's official government endorsement of a worldview that strips women of political agency and reduces them to reproductive function.
Heritage Foundation's 2026 Blueprint: A "Culture-Wide Manhattan Project"
In January 2026, the Heritage Foundation released "Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years," making explicit what NSPM-7 implied: women's value derives from reproductive function within heterosexual marriage, and government must mobilize all resources to enforce this vision.
"A problem of this magnitude requires a culture-wide Manhattan Project that marshals America's political, social and economic capital to restore the natural family," the report states.
The document argues that "every child conceived deserves to be born to a married mother and father," explicitly rejecting alternative family structures: "Fathers and mothers are not generic and interchangeable 'parents.'"
Heritage proposes government-funded "marriage bootcamps," urges Congress to provide financial incentives for newlyweds, and mandates couples must "on average have at least two children" for America to "replace itself and flourish across generations."
The report explicitly opposes same-sex marriage, dismisses "gender identity" as an "incoherent concept," and advocates couples marry in their early twenties for maximum fertility.
The "National Medal of Motherhood": Rewards for Reproductive Compliance
The Trump administration has been considering a "National Medal of Motherhood" for mothers with six or more children—a scheme with precedents in Nazi Germany (Hitler's "Cross of Honour of the German Mother"), Stalin's Soviet Union, and Putin's Russia (revived in 2022 with 1 million rubles/$12,000).
When asked about a $5,000 "baby bonus," Trump responded: "Sounds like a good idea to me." Yahoo/YouGov polling found 71 percent of women disapprove, with only 19 percent approving.
Critics note these proposals arrive as the administration cuts Medicaid (covering two out of five U.S. children), eliminates Head Start funding, and weakens child nutrition programs.
The National Women's Law Center identifies two pronatalist factions: Silicon Valley elites like Elon Musk claiming "high-IQ" people should reproduce more; and traditional conservatives. The movement obsesses over "declining genetic quality" while opposing immigration—urging white Christian women to abandon work to produce more white children.
At a 2025 pronatalist conference, Jack Posobiec rallied conservative white males: "We are not replacing ourselves. Meanwhile, those who don't share our values are."
Project 2025's Implementation
The Women's March analysis notes that Heritage's blueprint is "designed to rebuild a country where women, queer people, trans people, and anyone outside their 'ideal family' have fewer rights." As of November 2025, tracking by Reproductive Freedom for All shows the Trump administration has implemented approximately 40 percent of Project 2025's reproductive restrictions.
Key implementations include:
Weaponizing the 150-year-old Comstock Act to criminalize medication abortion by mail
Embedding fetal personhood language across federal agencies
Directing HHS to adopt an official stance that families consist of a married father, mother, and children
Protecting adoption and foster care services that refuse to work with LGBTQ+ couples
Supporting efforts to dismantle the Department of Education
Eliminating DEI programs across the military, federal agencies, and corporations
The CDC has incorporated anti-abortion language into its priorities, stating the agency "will promote the dignity of human life at all stages of development." Nearly all staff from the CDC's Division for Reproductive Health were eliminated in staffing cuts.
Ms. Magazine observes: "This is a plan for forced motherhood, government-policed gender and the end of women's equality as we know it."
The Future of the Party: Young Republicans' Rape-Positive Culture
In October 2025—between the issuance of NSPM-7 and what would become a test of its enforcement—Politico exposed 2,900 pages of Telegram messages exchanged over seven months among Young Republican leaders from New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont. The messages provided, as Politico put it, "an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening."
The misogyny was casual, pervasive, and explicit.
Bobby Walker, then vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans, referred to rape as "epic" in the chat. In another exchange, Walker discussed how a mutual friend "dated this very obese Indian woman for a period of time." Peter Giunta, former chair of the New York State Young Republicans, responded: "She was not Indian." Vermont state senator Samuel Douglass added: "She just didn't bathe often."
Giunta wrote at another point: "If your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there. Scream the no no word."
The messages also included over 251 uses of slurs—including racial slurs, homophobic epithets, and other derogatory language—alongside jokes about gas chambers, slavery, and "driving [enemies] to suicide." One member declared simply: "I love Hitler."
When the messages became public, Vice President JD Vance dismissed concerns as "pearl-clutching," characterizing the chat participants—who ranged in age from their mid-20s to early 30s and held professional political positions—as "kids" doing "what kids do."
"The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys—they tell edgy, offensive jokes," Vance said on The Charlie Kirk Show. "That's what kids do... Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats."
New York Governor Kathy Hochul offered a different assessment at a press conference: "This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context that these are people who are part of one of two major parties and they believe in gas chambers and rape and discrimination based on the colour of people's skin. These are the future of the Republican Party... Kick them out. This bullshit has to stop."
But they weren't kicked out, not really. While some lost immediate jobs—Kansas Young Republicans disbanded, several members were fired from staff positions—the substantive response from party leadership was muted. Representative Elise Stefanik initially condemned the messages but quickly pivoted to calling the Politico story a "hit piece."
House Speaker Mike Johnson said "we roundly condemn any of that nonsense" but added he had no concerns about pro-Nazi sympathies among young Republicans.
The Nation observed: "The extreme right is such a large faction in the party, especially among the young, that disavowal is politically costly. Both Trump and Vance are shrewd enough to know that Young Republicans who post 'I love Hitler' on chats are the future of the GOP."
The messages revealed a generation of Republican leaders for whom casual cruelty toward women—reducing them to their physical appearance, mocking their bodies, joking about rape—was unremarkable banter. Combined with Vance's rhetoric about "childless cat ladies," Hegseth's endorsement of pastors who view women as reproductive vessels, and federal policy targeting "extremism on gender," a pattern emerges: the next generation of Republican leadership views women's value as contingent on their reproductive function, their physical attractiveness, and their submission to male authority.
Women who deviate from this model—whether through body size, race, profession, sexual orientation, political activism, or reproductive choices—are subjects of mockery, degradation, and threats of violence.
The Manosphere Goes Mainstream: From Online Misogyny to White House Influence
The normalization of violent misogyny isn't confined to political insiders. Online influencers with massive followings have built empires on degrading women, and their rhetoric has found increasingly mainstream acceptance.
AT (referred to by initials to not promote his content) built a following of millions by declaring "you cannot be responsible for a woman that doesn't obey you"—comparing women to dogs and children who require discipline. In interviews, he has stated "I'm absolutely a misogynist," claimed women over 30 have no value, and argued that women bear responsibility when men cheat on them.
AT currently faces human trafficking and rape charges in Romania, with prosecutors alleging he ran an organized crime group that sexually exploited women. Despite this, his content continues to circulate widely, particularly among young men, normalizing the view that women exist to serve male authority.
NF (referred to by initials to not promote his content), a white nationalist influencer, gained renewed attention in October 2025 when TC (referred to by initials to not promote his content platformed him in an interview that garnered over 20 million views. In the aftermath of the 2024 election, NF posted "Your body, my choice" on social media—a phrase that went viral and sparked reports of boys and men using it to harass women and girls in schools, workplaces, and online.
NF has stated openly that "women are baby machines," expressed desire to marry a 16-year-old, and claimed "a lot of women want to be raped." His influence extends beyond online spaces; he has been photographed dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
The convergence of these voices—from AT's open misogyny to NF's celebration of reproductive coercion, amplified by TC's massive platform and legitimized by proximity to political power—creates an ecosystem where violent contempt for women is not only acceptable but celebrated as masculine authenticity.
When combined with federal policy (NSPM-7) that targets "extremism on gender," political rhetoric (Vance's "childless cat ladies," Hegseth's endorsement of anti-suffrage theology), and institutional blueprints (Heritage's "Manhattan Project" for enforcing marriage), the message to women is clear: comply with traditional roles or face consequences.
The "Wine Mom" Panic: Criminalizing Female Activism
On January 10, 2026, Fox News opinion columnist David Marcus published a piece titled "Wine Moms Using Antifa Tactics Are a Danger to Our Communities." The column characterized women monitoring immigration enforcement as "organized gangs of wine moms" engaged in "crime" rather than civil disobedience.
Marcus wrote: "These aren't random women happening upon ICE operations. They're organized, they're mobilized, and they're using the same tactics we saw from Antifa during the 2020 riots. This isn't civil disobedience—it's just crime."
The framing is deliberate: women who document federal actions, who attempt to warn their neighbors, who organize to protect their communities are reimagined as criminal gangs using "Antifa tactics." The "wine mom" label—deployed with contempt—feminizes and trivializes legitimate political activism while simultaneously criminalizing it.
Combined with NSPM-7's directive to investigate those showing "hostility towards traditional American views" and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's characterization of protesters as "domestic terrorists," the infrastructure is in place: women who resist immigration enforcement can be labeled terrorists, investigated by JTTFs, and prosecuted under counterterrorism frameworks.
The "wine mom" panic serves multiple functions: it delegitimizes women's political organizing, it provides rhetorical cover for violence against female activists, and it signals to other women that similar activism will be met with not just social condemnation but potential criminal prosecution.
What Happens When Women Don't Comply: The Killing of Renee Nicole Good
On January 7, 2026, the convergence of rhetoric, policy, and violence became lethal.
Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three and widow of a U.S. military veteran, was in Minneapolis with community members monitoring an ICE enforcement operation—the kind of activity David Marcus would soon characterize as "organized gangs of wine moms" committing "crime."
Good was documenting the operation when ICE agent Jonathan Ross approached her vehicle and ordered her to roll down her window. Video footage from multiple angles shows Ross circling Good's Honda Pilot, eventually positioning himself near the driver's side. Good's final words to Ross were remarkably calm: "I'm not mad at you."
Seconds later, as Good attempted to drive away—turning her wheels away from Ross—he fired three shots: once through the windshield, twice through the driver's side window. Good was struck in the head. As her vehicle drifted into a utility pole, Ross's own cellphone video captured him saying: "Fucking bitch."
Good died at Hennepin County Medical Center from her injuries.
The Federal Narrative: Self-Defense and Domestic Terrorism
ICE issued a statement within hours: "The ICE officer discharged their weapon in self-defense after a motor vehicle driven by a protestor struck the officer."
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem went further, characterizing Good as a "domestic terrorist" whose actions threatened federal agents.
Vice President JD Vance called Good a "deranged leftist" who created "a tragedy of her own making."
The New York Post ran the headline "Warrior of the Left."
But video evidence tells a different story. Multiple recordings show Good's vehicle turning away from Ross—not toward him. Eyewitnesses report Ross was never in the vehicle's path. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, having reviewed the footage, stated: "Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit. To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told reporters: "The video shows that she was trying to leave. She was not trying to run anyone over." He added that ICE's message to communities is clear: "You want to defend your neighbors, you're going to do it at the risk of your own life."
According to protesters on the ground, ICE agents have weaponized Good's killing as intimidation. One protester who identified as a former U.S. Marine told reporters that during a violent arrest, agents said: "Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch!"
A Reddit video shows a screaming ICE agent threatening a man sitting in his car: "Stop fucking following us, you are impeding operations, this is the United States federal government... This is your warning, alright? Go home to your kids. Go home to your kids. This is your last warning."
The FBI, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Hennepin County Attorney's Office, and Minneapolis Office of Police Conduct Review are all investigating the shooting. Ross remains on administrative leave.
Immediate Celebration: "We Executed One of You Yesterday"
One day after Good's killing, on January 8, 2026, a counter-protester appeared at anti-ICE demonstrations in Minneapolis with a megaphone and an American flag. Jayden Scott, then-CEO of Harmony Investment Group, a Troy, Michigan-based private healthcare investment firm, shouted at mourning protesters:
"The storm is here... no one can stop what is coming," Scott declared, calling anti-ICE protesters "fucking terrorists" and urging: "Patriots get out here. We need the backup."
Then: "All you liberal, commie motherfuckers, keep your hands to yourself or you're going to get hurt today, alright? We executed one of you yesterday."
The video went viral with over 85,000 likes. On January 10, Scott announced his resignation on LinkedIn, citing "different views of the future of America" between himself and his company's board.
But in a follow-up statement, Scott clarified: "I resigned from my position at Harmony Investment Group as the fund manager, not the CEO, solely to focus full time on the fifth generation warfare that we are experiencing. We (the patriots of this country) want to see our homeland restored."
He continued: "I am not an outlier. I am just very early. To all the colonies across the country: America wants their homeland back, and we will get it."
Scott's reference to "fifth generation warfare" and his claim to be "just very early" reveals how he views Good's killing: not as a tragedy but as a victory in an ongoing war—one where women who defy authority are legitimate targets, and their deaths are worth celebrating publicly.
Media Dehumanization: From "AWFUL" to "Sexually Frustrated"
The dehumanization extended to mainstream conservative media.
Erick Erickson, a radio host who has previously been a commentator on CNN and Fox News, tweeted:
"An AWFUL (Affluent White Female Urban Liberal) is dead after running her car into an ICE agent who opened fire on her. Progressive whites are turning violent. ICE agents have the right to defend themselves."
The tweet was later deleted, but the acronym "AWFUL" spread rapidly as shorthand for dismissing women activists.
Fox News described Good as a "self-proclaimed poet"—she was the winner of a prestigious poetry award—"with pronouns in her bio."
Naomi Wolf, a onetime liberal feminist who has become increasingly supportive of the far right, offered an even more grotesque analysis:
"I've seen enough videos of the faces of liberal white women in conflict with @ICE, to know what is up. Liberal men at this point (sorry) are disproportionately estrogenized, physically passive, submissive due to woke gender hectoring, or porn-addicted. White liberal women are disproportionately sexually frustrated. Policing others as in the pandemic was an outlet for them, but it was not nearly enough. The smiles you see on their faces now say it all: white women long for all out combat with ICE—who tend to be strong, physically confident, masculine men—because the conflict is a form of physical release for them."
Lauren Chen, a right-wing media entrepreneur who allegedly has been funded by a Russian media influence campaign, posted: "This liberal woman was willing to take on federal agents, to disrupt ICE operations, in order to protect criminal Somalis. This type of thinking is almost wholly responsible for the decline of Western civilization."
Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire combined white supremacy with misogyny: "This lesbian agitator gave her life to protect 68 IQ Somali scammers who couldn't give less of a shit about her."
The Nation noted: "The fact that MAGA is so intent on demonizing Good shows that the defense of her killing rests on thin ice. After all, if it were clear-cut that Ross was acting in self-defense, any discussion of Good's character would be unnecessary. But precisely because the evidence doesn't support the self-defense narrative, MAGA is trying to shore up support by portraying Good as someone who deserved to die."
Good's Profile: Everything They Fear
Renee Nicole Good embodied multiple categories that current rhetoric and policy identify as threatening:
Lesbian (violating heterosexual mandate)
Community organizer (political activism)
ICE monitor ("wine mom" activism)
Poet ("self-proclaimed," per Fox News)
Mother outside traditional nuclear family
Widow of military veteran (claiming patriotic legitimacy while opposing federal authority)
"Pronouns in bio" (gender nonconformity signifier)
In other words, Good represented precisely the type of woman NSPM-7 targets, Heritage Foundation seeks to eliminate through policy, Vance demonizes in rhetoric, and the "wine mom" panic criminalizes: independent, politically engaged, outside traditional family structures, willing to organize in defense of marginalized communities.
Her killing, followed by immediate character assassination and celebration, sends an unmistakable message: this is what happens to women who step outside prescribed roles.
The Complete Convergence: Policy, Rhetoric, Violence, Impunity
The machinery is now fully operational:
Policy Infrastructure (NSPM-7):
Federal investigation of "extremism on gender"
Surveillance of organizations opposing "traditional American views on family"
IRS enforcement against groups deemed hostile to prescribed roles
JTTF coordination to "disrupt" suspect individuals and organizations
Ideological Framework (Heritage Foundation):
Government-mandated marriage and childbearing targets
"Culture-wide Manhattan Project" mobilizing all resources
Explicit rejection of same-sex marriage, single parenthood, childlessness
Medals for reproductive compliance (borrowed from fascist regimes)
Early marriage promotion (early twenties for maximum fertility)
Political Rhetoric:
"Childless cat ladies" as threats to civilization (Vance)
Women as reproductive vessels ("people come out of") (Hegseth/Wilson)
"Wine moms" as criminal gangs (Marcus)
Female activism as "domestic terrorism" (Noem)
"Deranged leftists" creating their own tragedies (Vance on Good)
Cultural Normalization:
Young Republicans' rape-positive culture ("epic")
Manosphere influencers mainstreaming violent misogyny (Tate, Fuentes)
Tucker Carlson platforming white nationalist woman-haters (20M+ views)
Media dehumanization ("AWFUL," "sexually frustrated," "68 IQ Somali scammers")
State Violence:
ICE agent shoots woman attempting to leave
Agent degrades corpse on video ("fucking bitch")
No consequences (administrative leave)
Federal characterization as "self-defense"
Celebration and Impunity:
CEO celebrates "execution" at protest site
Media figures create dehumanizing acronyms within hours
No accountability for killing
Message sent: this is what happens to non-compliant women
The convergence is complete: Heritage Foundation policy becomes federal action through NSPM-7; federal policy targets women who deviate from prescribed roles; political rhetoric criminalizes their activism as "wine mom" gangs and "domestic terrorism"; cultural influencers normalize contempt and violence; federal agents deploy lethal force; media figures justify the killing through character assassination; corporate figures celebrate the "execution"; and the system continues with no accountability.
Who Is At Risk?
The infrastructure now in place threatens specific categories of women:
Childfree Women:
Labeled "childless cat ladies" by the Vice President
Characterized as "sociopathic," "deranged," "psychotic"
Heritage mandates two+ children per couple
NSPM-7 targets "hostility towards traditional American views on family"
LGBTQ+ Women:
Heritage explicitly opposes same-sex marriage
Hegseth endorses theology opposing their existence (recriminalizing sodomy)
HHS directed to define families as heterosexual only
Good was targeted partly for being lesbian ("lesbian agitator," "that lesbian bitch")
Politically Active Women:
"Wine mom" panic criminalizes female organizing
NSPM-7 directs investigation of protest participants
ICE agents use Good's killing as threat ("This is why we killed that lesbian bitch")
Noem characterizes protesters as "domestic terrorists"
Professional/Career-Focused Women:
Heritage advocates early marriage (early twenties) for maximum fertility
Young Republicans mock female pilots, professionals
Hegseth promotes theology of women as "chief executives of the home"
Vance questions childless women's "stake" in America
Women in Non-Traditional Families:
Single mothers, divorced women, polyamorous relationships
Heritage defines "natural family" as heterosexual married parents
Project 2025 implements "biblically based" family definitions
IRS directed to defund organizations supporting alternatives
Women of Color:
Young Republicans' explicit racism toward women of color
Intersection of gender and racial "extremism" under NSPM-7
Marcus/Walsh rhetoric about protecting "criminal Somalis"
Disproportionate targeting by immigration enforcement
Immigrant Women:
Direct ICE targeting
Good killed while defending immigrant neighbors
Threats to anyone who aids or defends immigrants
"Wine mom" panic specifically about immigration activism
Women Who Document Federal Actions:
Good was killed while monitoring ICE
Marcus characterizes documentation as "crime"
Federal agents threaten those who "follow" or observe
NSPM-7 framework enables prosecution of witnesses
The Precedent Set
Renee Good's killing establishes several dangerous precedents:
Federal agents can use lethal force against women attempting to leave confrontations with no immediate consequences
Character assassination is an acceptable response to state violence against women, beginning within hours of their deaths
"Domestic terrorism" framing can be applied to women monitoring federal operations
"Self-defense" claims are sufficient even when contradicted by video evidence
Degrading women's corpses ("fucking bitch") is unremarkable behavior for federal agents
Celebrating women's deaths as "executions" is protected speech that may cost you a job but not your freedom
Media dehumanization ("AWFUL," "sexually frustrated") establishes that certain women deserve to die
No accountability mechanisms function when the victim is a woman outside traditional roles
The infrastructure is now tested and operational. NSPM-7 provides the legal framework for investigating women deemed too politically active or gender-nonconforming. Heritage Foundation provides the policy blueprint for enforcing reproductive compliance. Political rhetoric provides the ideological justification. Cultural figures provide the normalization. Federal agents provide the violence. And the system provides the impunity.
Resistance Strategies
For women facing this convergent threat, several strategies emerge:
Legal Protection:
Document everything
Know your rights when encountering federal agents
Connect with legal organizations (ACLU, civil rights lawyers)
Understand NSPM-7's implications for your organization
Prepare for potential JTTF or IRS investigation if engaged in targeted work
Community Building:
Organize with other women outside federal surveillance (encrypted communications)
Build support networks for those targeted
Create safety protocols for documentation and activism
Establish legal defense funds
Maintain connection with sympathetic elected officials
Public Witness:
Continue documentation of federal actions (despite risks)
Share evidence widely before it can be suppressed
Support independent media covering these issues
Use encryption and secure platforms
Create redundant backups of evidence
Political Organizing:
Support candidates opposing NSPM-7 and Project 2025
Pressure current officials to speak out
Vote in every election
Run for office
Build coalitions across affected groups
Advocate to your elected officials
Economic Resistance:
Support businesses that oppose pronatalist policies
Boycott companies promoting Heritage framework
Build alternative economic structures
Support women fired for political views
Narrative Control:
Counter dehumanizing rhetoric immediately
Refuse "AWFUL," "wine mom," "childless cat lady" framing
Center women's humanity in all communications
Document and expose character assassination
Build alternative media infrastructure
Self-Protection:
Understand when to strategically retreat
Don't engage alone with federal agents when possible
Have exit strategies during documentation work
Know that Good's precedent exists
Balance courage with survival
The Only Question
The machinery is in place. Federal directives label gender nonconformity as potential terrorism. Heritage Foundation blueprints demand government enforcement of marriage and reproduction. The Vice President characterizes childfree women as sociopathic threats.
The Defense Secretary endorses theology opposing women's suffrage. Young Republican leaders joke about rape. Manosphere influencers build empires on violent misogyny. Media figures criminalize female activism as "wine mom" gangs. Federal agents kill women who document their actions and degrade their corpses. CEOs celebrate the "execution." And the entire system operates with complete impunity.
Women who comply with the reproductive mandate receive medals borrowed from fascist regimes. Women who resist face everything from rhetorical degradation to federal investigation to lethal force.
The convergence is complete. The infrastructure is operational. The precedent is set.
The only question remaining is whether organized resistance can stop it before the body count rises.
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