helpmeet

A paycheck and recognition for your work is worth more than being reduced to a mere helpmeet.

The expectation is that the dancing shoes will soon be put away, as these hot-and-free young women prepare to fulfill their God-given destiny as trapped helpmeets to the men they are expected to quickly marry.

It's woo-woo, but ultimately no different than the message promoted by conservative Christians: that a woman's role is as a man's helpmeet, not his equal.

Hegseth belongs to a radically right-wing church that teaches women were created to be men's submissive helpmeets, and certainly not to have jobs, especially military jobs, outside of the home.

Their misogynist ideology cannot allow that it's attractive when a woman has a personality and isn't just a docile helpmeet.