Mom Killed Her Newborn, 30 Minute Old Baby to Save Her Sex Life, Cut His Throat Minutes After Birth

Mom Killed Her Newborn, 30 Minute Old Baby to Save Her Sex Life, Cut His Throat Minutes After Birth

This is evil, it is vile.

This piece of garbage killed an infant out of pure selfishness, prioritizing her “sex life” over the life of a baby, her very own baby.

I do not, nor have I ever, supported abortion. If you’re a woman, you know that having sex with a man may result in pregnancy – and you should take responsibility for that, which means carrying the child to term and putting the baby up for adoption, or, at the very least, use birth control if you’re going to have sex – but birth control isn’t 100% effective.

If you don’t want to risk the possibility of pregnancy, DO NOT HAVE SEX. It’s not complicated.

Sadly, this is not the only news report I’ve seen of this type of thing. I don’t know if I’ve blogged about it before or not, but I remember years ago reading a similar news item about a teen girl who got an abortion (I think she killed the baby at home? Don’t recall the details), but she said the reason she killed the baby inside her is that she wouldn’t be able to fit into her prom dress.

In the last few years, I’ve seen one news story of a grandmother who helped her granddaughter kill the granddaughter’s new born infant, when the teen girl went into labor at home. They killed the baby, burned it, and buried it somewhere around their property.

Saw another story that was like that one, only it was either a father or grandfather who helped the teen girl murder the new born and bury it – in one of these stories, the girl in question, if I remember right, was a high school cheerleader, and she felt having an infant would get in the way of her being on the cheerleading squad.

I also have news stories on this blog of an adult woman or two who murdered their toddler children because they were tired of being mothers, or they felt they wouldn’t be able to get a boyfriend if they had children.

This news story is from 2014, but I did not see it until recently.

I follow a number of left of center, radical feminists on twitter who unfortunately defend abortion.

I only follow them because they speak out against the progressive transgender agenda – on that much, we have agreement, but I am usually grieved to see them arguing in favor of abortion on Twitter. I usually just scroll by and say nothing, because I didn’t follow them to start fights about abortion.

In light of horrendous news stories like the one below, I wish those pro-choice women would reconsider their views on abortion.

(Link): German mother kills 30 minutes old baby to save her sex life

London: A young mother in Germany killed her newborn son by slitting his throat, barely 30 minutes after delivering it, as she feared the child would be an interference in her sexual life, a court heard.

(Link): Young mother ‘killed her baby to save her sex life’: German woman, 20, ‘cut son’s throat 30 minutes after he was born before going to a disco’

May 2014

-Nadine Koenig, 20, from Regensburg, smothered her newborn son before killing him with a Stanley knife

-Koenig concealed her pregnancy from her parents, gave birth at their home

-After Koenig’s arrest, her mother Kerstin, 44, committed suicide

A young mother killed her baby by slitting his throat only 30 minutes after giving birth because she feared the child would interfere with her sex life, a court heard.

Nadine Koenig, 20, from Regensburg in the German state of Bavaria, smothered her newborn son before killing him with a Stanley knife. Then she went out to a disco, judges were told.

Sexism from the Right (complementarian, traditional gender role Christians), Sexism from the Left (queer theory, trans activism) – Author Discusses Christian Women Who Rail Against Complementarianism, Yet Who Won’t Combat Sexism in Progressive Gender Ideology

Sexism from the Right (complementarian, traditional gender role Christians), Sexism from the Left (queer theory, trans activism) – Author Discusses Christian Women Who Rail Against Complementarianism, Yet Who Won’t Combat Sexism in Progressive Gender Ideology

I think the title of this piece at the Christian Post was unfortunate.

When I first saw the headline go through my Twitter feed, I assumed (prior to clicking it) that it was the usual hyper-pro-male headship, complementarian type essay lambasting any woman who dares critique the obvious sexism in Christian complementarianism or patriarchy, which is not what it’s about.

My only other possible misgiving is that the author doesn’t call liberal, squishy conservative, or progressive Christian men out on this, or hold them accountable.

It’s not just the ladies who stay silent (or who ever give vocal support) to progressive gender ideology, but Christian men as well. I see them on Twitter on a somewhat regular basis doing so, both men and women.

I have much more to say below this link with excerpts, so please keep reading, even to the portion below the excerpts here:

(Link): Apostasy and the Jezebel spirit

Excerpts:

By Kaeley Harms
March 16, 2023

Can we talk about the term ”the Jezebel spirit” for a minute?

….The fact of the matter is that the abusive placement of this label on women who do not deserve it is so commonplace that it’s become something of a dog whistle signaling misogyny – a hot-button term like “patriarchy” or “feminism” or “racist” that puts people so immediately on the defensive that it renders necessary conversation about the topic almost impossible. We’re almost better off using different terms entirely.

BUT…

The grey area surfaces for me when we contend with the reality that (whatever term you want to give it), there are, in fact, a number of influential women claiming to speak for God who are guilty of everything implied by the Jezebel label. …

… Here’s the tough part, and I say this with all fear and trembling, but it needs to be said; actual Jezebeling is still happening. There are still women claiming to speak for God while championing the bondage He hates.

… Church, if you’re following faith leaders who endorse rainbow-colored oppression, if you’re following faith leaders who pretend like the ritual child sacrifice known as abortion is sanctioned by God, I hate to tell you this, but you’ve ventured over into Jezebel territory.

We cannot afford to reject the patriarchal oppression of one camp in favor of the patriarchal oppression of another.

Texas Man Sues Three Women for $1M for Helping His Ex-Wife Get an Abortion

Texas Man Sues Three Women for $1M for Helping His Ex-Wife Get an Abortion

I’m pro-life, not pro-choice, but this seems very strange. I’d wager that this guy was subjecting his ex wife to narcissistic abuse while they were married and that’s why she dumped him. Narcississts are notorious for loving to sue people.

(Link): Texas man sues three women for $1M for helping his ex-wife get an abortion and concealing ‘murderous actions’ from him – text messages show she feared he’d use pregnancy to stop her leaving him

March 11, 2023
by Aneeta Bhole

A Texas man is suing his ex-wife’s three friends for $1 million after they helped her get an abortion as a text exchange reveals she was scared he’d ‘use it against her’ to keep her in the relationship.

Marcus Silva filed the lawsuit in Galveston and argues that a self-managed abortion is equivalent to murder under Texas law.

The lawsuit appears to break new ground in Texas with Silva alleging that he only recently learnt about the termination July last year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade – which allowed state abortion laws to take effect.

The lawsuit accuses three women with helping obtain abortion pills and convincing Silva’s then-wife to conceal their ‘murderous actions.’

The Chelsea Handler Childless Woman Upset: Other Conservatives Wrongly Conflating Married Motherhood with Womanhood or Happiness, Meaning, Purpose

The Chelsea Handler Childless Woman Upset: Other Conservatives Wrongly Conflating Married Motherhood with Womanhood or with Happiness, Meaning, or Purpose

After entertainer Chelsea Handler uploaded (Link): a Tweet with a video of herself listing the numerous ways she enjoys life due to being childless – I didn’t see anything in the video mentioning abortion – a lot of other conservatives jumped to shame and scold Handler for being happy about being childless and publicly expressing that happiness.

Others have said that Handler had two or three abortions in the past. The fact that Handler previously had abortions does not change the substance of my problems with conservative reaction to Handler’s video.

I am pro-life, not pro-choice, so I don’t agree with Handler’s actions to terminate her pregnancies.

However, again, I don’t recall Handler’s “happy to be childless” video advocating abortion or mentioning anything about abortion.

I don’t think her video criticized or shamed women for being mothers or for wanting to be mothers.

The only possible, even remotely “anti motherhood” take away one can get from her video is that mothers – assuming they are good, non-abusive mothers – invest a lot of time in child-rearing, but Handler doesn’t frame it in an anti-motherhood way.

It’s Okay For Women to Be Childless at Any Age and to be Happy About Being Childless, Just Like It’s Okay For Mothers to Be Happy About Being Mothers

Handler was just showing ways she has more free time because she doesn’t have to participate in childcare – which is not the same thing as being “anti-motherhood,” or telling other women they are wrong to be mothers.

It’s perfectly fine for a woman to be single and childless and to be happy about it.

Women can and should find meaning and purpose apart from marriage and motherhood. It’s unhealthy for any person to wrap up all their happiness, meaning, or purpose into one identity, station of life, or role.

If you are a married mother, your children will grow up, move out, and seldom visit you once they’re gone. Your husband may develop dementia, abuse you, or cheat on you, so that you will be without emotional support or you will have to divorce him.
In all these situations, you will be left with yourself, by yourself, and god help you if you never forged purpose, identity, happiness, or meaning apart from a spouse and children.

There’s no reason to criticize or shame an adult, man or woman, for being single and childless and for being happy about it and posting about it.

My fellow conservatives often push motherhood (via podcasts, tweets, magazine articles, church sermons, blog posts, etc) to a loopy, creepy, fevered pitch, about how super awesome, fulfilling, and wonderful motherhood supposedly is – but goodness forbid a childless woman lists or publicizes the ways she’s happy with being childless – and do so without criticizing motherhood or mothers. That’s a huge double standard.

I also didn’t agree with Handler’s mockery of single women who choose to remain virgins until marriage or to remain chaste (I blogged about that (Link): here a few years ago).

Unfortunately, in the midst of criticizing Handler, a lot of conservatives today were conflating “womanhood” to married motherhood. 

However, a woman remains a woman regardless if she has a child or is infertile, childless, or childfree, or whether she wants to have children or not.

The Bizarre, Misguided Shaming of Single and Childless or Childfree Women by Pro-Lifer Abby Johnson – (Not All Single, Childless Women are Liberal, Pro-Choice Feminists)

The Bizarre, Misguided Shaming of Single and Childless or Childfree Women by Pro-Lifer Abby Johnson – (Not All Single, Childless Women are Liberal, Pro-Choice Feminists)

When I was on Twitter the other day, someone who I follow on Twitter commented on a Tweet by a lady calling herself Abby Johnson.

A reminder: I sometimes follow people on social media who I don’t fully agree with on all topics. I’m a conservative, but I follow some liberals and progressives, including women who call themselves “radical feminists.” A lot of those radical feminists are pro-choice; they support abortion, I do not.

Like me, most of those radical feminists do not support “sex work” (strip clubs, prostitution, etc), and they do not support transgender activism.

Here is how Abby Johnson is currently describing herself on her Twitter bio (@AbbyJohnson):

Planned Parenthood Director turned Pro-Life Advocate! CEO of @ATTWNministry
. Global Ambassador for @COL1972official
. Best selling author & speaker. Mama/Wife
— end Twitter bio —

I am sincerely glad to hear that Johnson flipped her opinion on abortion, that she went from being pro-choice to pro-life.

Johnson seems a bit familiar. I think I may have seen her interviewed on Christian television program “The 700 Club,” in one of their CBN news segments, or perhaps I saw her on Fox News at some point?

At any rate, I am dismayed by her Twitter feed. Unfortunately, she, like many of my other fellow conservatives, falsely equates motherhood and wifehood with womanhood. I corrected her on that under a few of her other tweets.

(I’m not sure if Johnson is a Christian or not, but from her tweets, I can see that she leans right – as I do – and she also is pro-life, does not support transgenderism. I too am pro-life, and I sure as heck do not support progressive transgenderism, ie, allowing biological men who say they are women into women’s prisons, women’s locker rooms and so forth).

Also like a lot of other conservatives, Johnson holds a lot of false stereotypes about secular, liberal feminists. Not all feminists support trans activism, are anti-men, anti-nuclear family, and so on. There are actually women feminists who are married mothers.

If you’ve followed my blog, you will already know that I am middle-aged, I am single by circumstance (not by choice – not that men or women who choose to be single should be criticized for that, either), I am a conservative, I am anti-progressive trans agenda, and I am pro-life.

I am not opposed to The Nuclear Family, parenthood, and marriage, but I am opposed to the deification of such by other conservatives.

(Yes, most conservatives have unfortunately turned “the family,” motherhood, fatherhood, and marriage into idols, and they frequently love to make negative assumptions about, and insult anyone, who isn’t married or who doesn’t have children).

Let’s look at some of Johnson’s tweets – here’s the first one that I saw the other day, because someone I followed on Twitter commented below it (link to her tweet):

So, what does Johnson do with conservative, pro-life, anti- leftist transgender activism, middle-aged never married women such as myself, who was a devout Christian for decades, who had expected to get married, never met the right guy, remained faithful to biblical sexual ethics – no sex outside of marriage, hence no pregnancies?

Why is Johnson lumping pro-life, conservative, single, childless women, such as myself, into the same group with progressive, pro-choice, pro-progressive- gender- ideology women? Which is what she’s doing, because she’s equating being a woman, and/or a decent, happy woman, with being married and a mother.

Johnson is unnecessarily insulting other pro-life, conservative women who never did marry, who may never marry, and who do not have children, and she’s doing this to score a few points against what she terms “radical feminists,” who she (like many of my other fellow conservatives) wrongly assume, are all man-hating, baby-hating, single women who are lonely, miserable Cat Ladies.

(The Cat Lady trope is very sexist and needs to die off already. I usually see men tossing this at women. It feels a little more gross to see a woman tossing this sexist stand-by at other women to insult them with.)

In trying to score points against radical feminists, many of whom are actually married with children (and possibly cats) of their own, Johnson creates collateral damage.

Meaning…
Not all conservative, anti-trans agenda, pro-life women are married, can get married, or want to get married. Not all conservative, anti-trans agenda, pro-life women have children, can have children, or want to have children.

Why is Abby Johnson throwing such conservative women under the bus? To get some cheap shots in at liberal, feminist, pro-choice women?

I’m a conservative, and while I do not agree with feminists (radical or otherwise) on every issue, I am not okay with Johnson (or other conservatives) shaming or insulting liberal or pro-choice women over their marital or parenting status, or that of mine or that of other conservative women.

I cannot imagine how Johnson hopes to change any pro-choice minds by carrying on like she is?

The Truth About How Baby Girls Are Being Exterminated In the United States…Are We Becoming China? by P. McMurray

The Truth About How Baby Girls Are Being Exterminated In the United States…Are We Becoming China? by P. McMurray

(Link): The Truth About How Baby Girls Are Being Exterminated In the United States…Are We Becoming China? 

Excerpts:

By Patty McMurray
Jan. 30, 2023

100 Percent Fed Up reports – Did you know that between 1970 and 2017, there were 45 million “missing” female births due to prenatal sex selection? This information came from a British Medical Journal Global Health in-depth study in 2021. It was based on examining 3.26 billion birth records.

Over 95% of these missing births were in China or India.

What about the United States?

Sex-selective abortions are abortions performed for the purpose of eliminating an unborn child of an undesired sex. Usually, females are the “undesired” sex. Only seven states in the U.S. ban sex-selective abortions.

Those who advocate the bill say that the U.S. already bans sex discrimination, and PRENDA would simply extend this protection to females in the womb.

Opponents say it is unnecessary because abortions based on sex- selection are rare. So, not worth passing a law to ban it.

But they don’t tell you the whole story.

A pro-life organization, Live Action, went undercover to various Planned Parenthood clinics in 2012 to determine if sex-selective abortions were being performed. They indeed were with the only reason for them was the “sex of the baby.”

Watch: (Link  video on You Tube):  Sex-Selective Abortion: Part 2 – Undercover in NYC

(More content below this video, please keep scrolling):

Also, the way in which the ratio of male to female births is determined by looking at the sex ratios at birth or SRB. Globally, there are 103 male births per 100 female births.

But, in Asian nations, the SRB rises from 123 males to 100 females, an astounding imbalance! China and other Asian nations are now banning doctors from telling women the sex of their unborn children.

If SRB data is examined for the U.S., foreign-born populations show a similar preference for male children. Not so for U.S.-born parents.

SRBs have increased since the 1990s in the U.S.

There are other sex-selective methods to be concerned about. There is Preimplantation Genetic Diagnostics or PGD, which is also known as “sperm sorting.” PGD is when the doctor tests the sperm to see if it has an X or Y chromosome.

Texas Bill Would Let Fetus Count as Second Person in an HOV Lane

Texas Bill Would Let Fetus Count as Second Person in an HOV Lane

(Link): Texas bill would let fetus count as second person in an HOV lane

Nov 17, 2022
by Julia Mueller

A bill proposed in Texas would allow a fetus to count as an individual when a pregnant person is driving in a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.

The bill follows an incident earlier this year in which Plano resident Brandy Bottone claimed that new anti-abortion laws in the state meant her unborn child entitled her to driving in the lane, usually reserved for carpools, buses and other rideshares.

The Texas House Bill 521 would allow any pregnant driver to use the HOV lane “regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other than the operator’s unborn child.”

Texas Attorney, 38, is Indicted for Trying to Sneak Abortion-Inducing Drug into His Wife’s Water

Texas Attorney, 38, is Indicted for Trying to Sneak Abortion-Inducing Drug into His Wife’s Water

I’m a conservative, but to counter the usual conservative spin on marriage, parenthood, and The Nuclear Family, and “how to get married,”

1. Parenthood and Marriage do not make people more godly, loving, ethical, mature, or responsible
2. A person does not have to achieve some level of perfection or goodness before God will send them a spouse or permit them to have one.

Not only did this flaming a-hole poison his wife, but he was having an affair on her as well.

Being married and getting his wife pregnant (ie, him being a father) sure did not make this man more responsible, loving, or ethical, that’s for sure.

(Link): Texas attorney, 38, is indicted for trying to sneak abortion-inducing drug into his wife’s water

Nov 16, 2022
by Neirin Gray

An attorney in Texas is facing felony charges for allegedly secretly drugging his wife to abort her pregnancy with their third child.

Mason Herring, 38, was filmed on one occasion putting the abortion-inducing drug misoprostol into a glass of cranberry juice which he then encouraged his wife of 11 years to drink.

Catherine Herring, also 38, first became aware that Mason may have been drugging her when he offered her a glass of cloudy water in March during their Spring break and mentioned the importance of staying hydrated.

Within 30 minutes Catherine says she became very ill with diarrhea and cramps and was unable to get to the bathroom before soiling herself.

Within hours she was bleeding copiously and went to hospital where she provided a urine sample that was nearly black in color, Houston police said in an affidavit.

The lawyer’s repeated attempts to drug his wife came after he started having an affair earlier this year and told his wife he wanted to separate.

Homicide [Committed by Men, including husbands] the Leading Cause of Death for Pregnant Women in the U.S.

Homicide [Committed by Men, including husbands] the Leading Cause of Death for Pregnant Women in the U.S.

The “Nuclear Family” doesn’t make people or society any safer.

Being a parent or married does not guarantee safety or happiness…

So my fellow conservatives need to stop pushing those narratives, all because they’re hacked off at anti-marriage, anti-natalism progressive propaganda – which is yes, why they over-state any benefits or marriage, the nuclear family, or parenthood..

(Link): Homicide the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S.

Excerpts:

by Chris Melore
October 2022

LONDON — Homicide, especially involving an intimate partner and gun violence, is now a leading cause of death for pregnant women in the United States, a troubling new report finds.

Researchers with the Harvard School of Public Health found that pregnant women are more likely to be murdered than die from pregnancy-related complications, including high blood pressure disorders, hemorrhage, or sepsis.

These tragic deaths often involve an act of intimate partner violence or gun violence, according to the study. Researchers argue that ending male violence and gun crimes could save hundreds of women and their unborn children each year throughout the U.S.

‘Transgender’ Individual Attempted to Murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Indictment Alleges

‘Transgender’ Individual Attempted to Murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Indictment Alleges

(Link): Brett Kavanaugh assassination suspect said he was a ‘sissy slave’ and ‘trans gamer girl’ named ‘Sophie’ in online posts, asked how to ‘take out’ high-value targets: Report

August 11, 2022
by Paul Sacca

The California man accused of attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identified himself as a “sissy slave” and a “trans gamer girl” named “Sophie” in online posts, according to a new report.

Nicholas John Roske, 26, was arrested on June 8 near the home of Kavanagh. He was caught carrying a black tactical chest rig, tactical knife, a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammunition, a thermal monocular, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar, and duct tape, according to the affidavit. Roske faces federal charges of attempting to murder a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

The FBI affidavit filed in support of an application for a search warrant request allegedly revealed the social media accounts of Roske. The usernames for Roske’s profiles on Reddit, Google, and Discord were reportedly exposed.

Under the Reddit username “AmericanNick,” Roske allegedly posted several messages attempting to garner companionship with a female and explore his “kinks” while identifying as a transgender.

‘THE HORROR’: Activist Complains SC Ruling Means ‘Now I Have to Be More Careful When I Have Sex’

‘THE HORROR’: Activist Complains SC Ruling Means ‘Now I Have to Be More Careful When I Have Sex’

I’d like to see the foaming at the mouth anti-Purity Culture commentari (usually progressive Christian women on Twitter) tackle this… but 99% of them won’t.

(Link): ‘THE HORROR’: Activist complains SC ruling means ‘now I have to be more careful when I have sex’

by Melissa Fine
October 9, 2022

It’s a fascinating thing, watching the lightbulbs flicker over the heads of liberal ladies in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, which overturned the unconstitutional Roe v. Wade decision.

As pro-abortion activists continue to illegally protest with impunity outside the homes of conservative justices, the mental gymnastics they execute while trying to defend their outrage over a ruling that it seems they are incapable of fully understanding (Dobbs didn’t ban abortion, it simply returned the power to legislate the matter to the states, where it belongs) often leads to a sticky landing.

Case in point: The sign-wielding snowflake who complained to The Daily Signal’s Mary Margaret Olohan that she will now have to “be more careful” when she has sex.

Women’s Marcher: “Having abortion banned means that…now I have to be more careful when I have sex” pic.twitter.com/Fc8YlLkvqq

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) October 8, 2022

It may have sounded in her head like a virtuous reason for outrage, but on Twitter, the young woman is being blasted for her “incredible self-own.”

…“THE HORROR,” tweeted podcaster Brittany Hughes.

Liberal Author Says the Family Unit is ‘A Terrible Way to Satisfy … Love and Care,’ Calls to Abolish It – The Pros and Cons of Her View

Liberal Author Says the Family Unit is ‘A Terrible Way to Satisfy … Love and Care,’ Calls to Abolish It – The Pros and Cons of Her View

Well, I am a conservative, and I am not “anti Nuclear Family,” so I cannot say I agree with the idea of abolishing The Nuclear Family.

On the other hand, as I’ve stated numerous times on this blog, married couples have been shown in studies to be too self-absorbed (they meet all the needs of their spouse and kids while not extending help or care to those outside their nuclear family, and the Bible itself notes in 1 Corinthians 7 that married people are more concerned with meeting the needs of their spouse than in doing God’s work).

Too many conservatives place too much emphasis on the Nuclear Family, especially religious persons. The Bible simply does not command people to marry – sorry, but the one call to widows to re-marry does not establish that marriage for the never-married is a requirement, or that the command is timeless for all people – and the Bible does not say that marriage or The Family Unit will save or rescue a society.

The Bible says the problem with a nation is that each individual is a sinner before God, and the only solution to that is for the individual to put saving faith in Jesus. The Bible does not prescribe marriage and establishing the Nuclear Family as a solution.

An un-due emphasis on the “family” unnecessarily marginalizes single adults, widows, the divorced, the infertile among us – the Bible says the purest religion is to help the widow and the orphan (see James 1:27), not to minister to The Nuclear Family.

There are problems with the Nuclear Family, with conservatives turning it into a deity that they worship and place an unhealthy fixation upon (among other issues), but I also do not support communism, marxism, or eliminating the Nuclear Family.

I do not support abortion – that topic is raised below. The woman discussed below who is arguing against the Nuclear Family supports abortion; I do not.

(Link): Author Sophie Lewis’ forthcoming book is titled ‘Abolish the Family’

In a forthcoming book titled “Abolish the Family,” the author “makes the case for family abolition,” according to a book description that calls author Sophie Lewis a “leading feminist critic.”

I have additional commentary and resources below this link and report:

(Link): Liberal author says the family unit is ‘a terrible way to satisfy… love & care,’ calls to abolish it

Excerpts:

Sophie Lewis previously called for women to embrace abortion as justified killing

Sept 25, 2022
By Lindsay Kornick | Fox News

Feminist theorist and author Sophie Lewis was the subject of an article on Friday in the UK’s The New Statesman website publication following her new book “Abolish the Family.”

Historian Erin Magalaque discussed Lewis’ book which described the family unit as “a terrible way to satisfy all of our desires for love, care, nourishment” and was highly critical of suggestions otherwise.

“The family isn’t actually any good at creating intimacy, Lewis argues; the family creates, in fact, a dearth of care, with shreds and scraps of intimacy fought out between overworked parents and totally dependent kids, hidden behind the locked doors of private property,” Magalaque wrote.

Magalaque complimented Lewis’ efforts to mock what she called “inevitable knee-jerk” reactions to calls to abolish the family unit.