Twitchy reports it's time again for another round of feminists being furious that a successful actress told an interviewer she doesn’t really identify with their F-word. This time, it’s Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, now making $1 million per episode for the next three years on the CBS nerd-com The Big Bang Theory.
In a Redbook cover story, they asked Cuoco-Sweeting if she considered herself a feminist. Her answer acknowledged the progress before her, but also accepted some of the traditions she observed in her childhood. One might call that position “pro-choice.” But not the feminists! She said:
"Is it bad if I say no? It's not really something I think about. Things are different now, and I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality. I cook for Ryan five nights a week: It makes me feel like a housewife; I love that. I know it sounds old-fashioned, but I like the idea of women taking care of their men. I'm so in control of my work that I like coming home and serving him. My mom was like that, so I think it kind of rubbed off."
This can be summarized by the old perfume commercials (also hated by feminists, surely) with the song about “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let you forget you’re a man.”
An online editor at the E! network was one of Kaley’s catty critics on Twitter:
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting’s thoughts on feminism are as tragic as her haircut. Barf.
— Nicole Pirshafiey (@NicoleMojan) December 31, 2014
And then there's the old "modern woman obligated to be feminist" guilt trip:
.@Cosmopolitan how can someone who is reaping the benefits of the feminist movement (via her large paycheck) not be a "feminist"?
— Jamie Rae Gibson (@JamieRaeGibson) December 30, 2014
Let's hope these women never mock a conservative patriot who suggests that someone who has reaped the benefits of America's dynamic capitalist system can never stop feeling extremely grateful for the blessings of our freedoms? Ingratitude -- to teachers, parents, our country, the police and the military -- often seems like a liberal trait.
PS: Cuoco-Sweeting also discussed her new financial bonanza by emphasizing her family: "All I think about is what it means for my family…and knowing there is security for all of us."
"My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to LA for audition after audition. Every day they were helping me learn my lines, dropping me off, waiting for me, picking me up, giving me pep talks when I didn't get the jobs, taking me to tennis and horseback riding lessons," she continues. "I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me. Knowing I'll be able to just brings tears to my eyes."
