{"id":2523647,"date":"2025-12-20T19:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-sounds-alarm-about-destructive-feminist-movement\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T19:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:41:33","slug":"riley-gaines-sounds-alarm-about-destructive-feminist-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-sounds-alarm-about-destructive-feminist-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines sounds alarm about &#8216;destructive&#8217; feminist movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Friley-gaines-sounds-alarm-about-destructive-feminist-movement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2523647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Riley Gaines,a conservative activist and former NCAA champion swimmer,warned at Turning Point USA&#8217;s AmericaFest about what she calls a &#8220;hazardous&#8221; feminist movement in the U.S. She argued that issues like transgender rights, sexual liberation, and abortion do not represent women&#8217;s rights but rather distort them through propaganda. Gaines criticized modern feminism for promoting falsehoods about motherhood,suggesting it undervalues family and elevates self-centered autonomy over self-giving love. She praised the late Charlie Kirk&#8217;s pro-family messages and lauded former President Donald Trump for policies that support families, protect women&#8217;s rights, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >promote pro-life values<\/a>. Gaines defended Kirk against accusations of misogyny and emphasized that the Trump administration did more to safeguard women&#8217;s safety, privacy, and equality than any recent president.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Riley Gaines sounds alarm about &lsquo;destructive&rsquo; feminist movement<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450338\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Conservative activist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/riley-gaines\/\">Riley Gaines<\/a> said on Saturday that &ldquo;transgenderism,&rdquo; &ldquo;sexual liberation,&rdquo; and abortion have &ldquo;nothing&rdquo; to do with women&rsquo;s rights, issuing a warning about a &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; feminist movement in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines, a former NCAA championship swimmer-turned-women&rsquo;s sports advocate, argued women have been lied to for decades about these issues through &ldquo;propaganda&rdquo; at day three of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/turning-point-usa\/\">Turning Point USA<\/a>&rsquo;s AmericaFest, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-18-states-still-let-dudes-dominate-girls-sports\/\" title=\"Exclusive: 18 States Still Let Dudes Dominate Girls&#039; Sports\">conservative organization&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s annual conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4135237\/rob-schneider-embracing-owens-fuentes-could-help-democrats\/\">Rob Schneider warns embracing Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes could help Democrats win back power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4135252\/trump-blakeman-endorsement-new-york-governor\/\">Trump quickly endorses Blakeman for New York governor after Stefanik bows out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4135231\/vance-gop-charge-blasting-bernie-sanders-killing-pediatric-cancer-bill\/\">Vance leads GOP charge in blasting &#8216;Grinch&#8217; Bernie Sanders for killing pediatric cancer bill: &lsquo;Really disgraceful&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Calling these movements &lsquo;feminism&rsquo; is not only inaccurate but it&rsquo;s dangerous, destructive,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Feminism promised empowerment. But you know what it delivered? It delivered emptiness.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gaines said the feminist movement &ldquo;sold&rdquo; women &ldquo;lies&rdquo; about motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It sold women the lie that children are burdens, that family is a limitation and that fulfillment comes from self-centered autonomy rather than self-giving love,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gaines also recounted the late <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>&rsquo;s messaging about family and parenthood. Gaines said it resonated &ldquo;deeply&rdquo; and &ldquo;personally&rdquo; with her.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3919151\/tpusa-americafest-post-charlie-kirk-death\/\"><strong>TPUSA LOOKS TO DRAW A LINE UNDER &lsquo;CONTENTIOUS&rsquo; FEW MONTHS WITH AMERICAFEST: &lsquo;TIME TO GET TO WORK&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through his various college campus visits, Kirk advocated for men and women to get married and have children early on in a marriage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe it was effective because he lived it,&rdquo; Gaines said. &ldquo;It was clear to him that family was the happiest and most meaningful part of his life.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gaines also praised President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, saying he&rsquo;s made it &ldquo;easier&rdquo; for families to &ldquo;thrive,&rdquo; while touting him as the &ldquo;most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-worthy-recipient-pro-life-group-names-trump-pro-life-person-of-the-year\/\" title=\"\u201cA Worthy Recipient\u201d... 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Group Names Trump Pro...... \u201cPerson Of The Year\u201d\">pro-life president<\/a> in history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She highlighted the Trump administration&rsquo;s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, which was included in a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines said both Kirk and Trump created a culture that supports women &ldquo;before, during, and after motherhood.&rdquo; She criticized those who accused Kirk of being a &ldquo;misogynist,&rdquo; highlighting Turning Point&rsquo;s six-month maternity leave.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That accusation is of course false, honestly, it&rsquo;s lazy,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;If you could get yourself to look past the out-of-context five-second clip or the out-of-context headline you&rsquo;d know that.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Charlie Kirk was the worst misogynist ever,&rdquo; Gaines added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3312624\/riley-gaines-feels-vindicated-since-trump-executive-order-womens-sports\/\"><strong>RILEY GAINES FEELS &lsquo;VINDICATED&rsquo; SINCE TRUMP&rsquo;S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON WOMEN&rsquo;S SPORTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gaines also lauded Trump for doing more to protect women&rsquo;s safety, privacy, and equal rights than &ldquo;any president certainly in modern history.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If [the Trump administration&rsquo;s] goal was to erase women&rsquo;s rights &mdash; as the Left claims &mdash; then they&rsquo;ve done a pretty horrible job,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Gaines warns of a &#8216;destructive&#8217; feminist movement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2523649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/riley-gaines-tp-usa-americafest.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[69174,37041,36971],"class_list":["post-2523647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-feminist-movement","tag-riley-gaines","tag-social-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/riley-gaines-tp-usa-americafest.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523652,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523647\/revisions\/2523652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}