I Listened to Rachel Wilson on Joe Rogan. I Have Thoughts.

I listened to Joe Rogan’s podcast with Rachel Wilson this week, and I have thoughts.

The premise: feminism was a mistake. Women didn’t actually want any of this.

I’m going to try to say this respectfully because everyone is entitled to their opinion. But this take requires a level of privilege that a lot of women don’t have.

I’ve coached over 1,000 women in the last five years. You know what I’ve seen?

Women whose husbands cheated on them while they were pregnant.

Women whose partners racked up $60K+ in debt without telling them who were able to get their family out of real financial trouble because of their business.

I’ve also watched women with amazing, loving husbands build businesses that bought their family their forever home.

Because they built a business? They could protect themselves. Support their families. Build generational wealth for their children.

This is about having options regardless of your circumstances.

Is Rachel touring podcasts to promote her book not… working?

Is building a personal brand and selling a product not… a career?

The irony is not lost on me.

Being a Stay-at-Home Mom Is One of the Hardest Jobs in the World

Let me be clear. I think being a stay-at-home mom is one of the hardest, most important jobs in the world. I would never diminish that.

But the argument that women were happier before they had choices is a dangerous one.

Because it only holds up if your husband is faithful, your finances are stable, and your home is safe.

And for millions of women, that’s not reality. And for the women where it IS reality, having a business didn’t take anything away from that. It added to it.

Women Don’t Choose Between Family and Business. They Do Both.

The women I work with every single day don’t choose between being a mom and running a business. They do both. They homeschool their children and close a $5,000 client during nap time. They’re building generational wealth while being present for every soccer game, dance practice, and school pick-up line.

Not every woman wants her entire identity to be wife and mom. Some women want that, AND they want to build something. Create wealth. Make an impact. Have something that’s theirs.

That’s not anti-family.

That’s the most pro-family thing I can think of.

The Suffragettes Didn’t March for This

The suffragettes didn’t march, starve, and go to prison so that 100 years later someone could go on Joe Rogan and say they didn’t really want it. The claim that the CIA funded the right for women to vote for nefarious reasons is just so outlandish to me.

As someone who loves conspiracy theories… this one went just a little too far for me.

What Do You Think?

Have you listened? I’d love to hear your thoughts. Drop a comment or send me a DM on Instagram.

Lucy Vincent is the founder of Lucky Girl Social, where she coaches female social media managers and agency owners to scale to multi-six and seven figures using the MAGNET Framework. Over 1,000 women have used her methods to build sustainable, profitable businesses.