Homemaker influencer defends Harrison Butker after speech backlash: Traditional women aren't 'oppressed'

A young homemaker and social media influencer defended Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after he delivered a polarizing commencement speech at a Catholic college.

A popular Arizona online influencer believes stay-at-home mothers are often derided in today's social-media-fixated, me-first culture. So when NFL kicker Harrison Butker's viral commencement address praising homemaking as one of the most important vocations for women caused an uproar, she wasn't surprised.

"I think a lot of people have just been trained, and I was kind of like this too, even growing up, hearing about how important it is for women to have degrees and to have jobs and go compete with men," 28-year-old Ivy Van Dusen and "trad wife" told Fox News Digital. "So I think people subconsciously when they hear the word homemaker, or when they hear someone, especially a man, talk about women being mothers, flags go up, and they automatically are upset by it."

Van Dusen makes videos on social media sharing about her life as a homemaker and stay-at-home mom of two children. On her TikTok account, @ivyoutwest, the young mother shares with her 100,000+ followers why she finds her traditional lifestyle more fulfilling than pursuing a career in the corporate world.

"I genuinely think that they think that we're just dumb, and we don't understand that it's oppressive to be at home and to depend on a man financially and that we should be doing so much more," she said. "I think that's just a misconception, because a lot of stay-at-home moms I know are educated, have had careers … We do it consciously, knowing that it's a lifestyle that's worth it for us."

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