Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk is receiving blowback for suggesting women in their early thirties are “not as attractive” and past “their prime.”
During an event hosted by his organization Turning Point USA Faith, Kirk attempted to analyze why many college age women are “not conservative.” Video of Kirk speaking at the conference, which was held in March, went viral on Wednesday.
“Abortion’s obviously part of it, but they’ve been sold a lie through culture, through media, through even some of their parents that you basically have to go pursue this corporate trajectory, and that men are always the problem, and suppress your biological impulses. A lot of them are on birth control, too,” he said at the event.
He went on to explain how birth control has an impact on “female brains.”
Kirk went on to explain how young single women are a reliable Democratic voter but that women often turn more conservative once they get married and have children.
“We basically told a great generation of young women, ‘Don’t get married, don’t have kids, go get a corporate job,’ and it’s created mass political hysteria. And then in their early 30s, they get really upset because they say, ‘You know, the boys don’t want to date me anymore,’ because they’re not at their prime, and people get mad when I say that — well, it’s just true,” he said.
Kirk added, “You’re in your early 30s. I’m sorry; you’re not as attractive in the dating pool as you were in your early 20s, but again, you have your corporate job and cats, so I thought, you know. And I feel sorry for a lot of these young ladies.”
The Turning Point USA executive said he receives emails from 33-year-old women “all the time” claiming they make $130,000 a year and have “no one” to share their life with.
“Birth control like really screws up female brains,” Kirk said. “Every single one of you need to make sure that your loved ones are not on birth control. It increases depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation. Birth control is the No. 1 prescribed medication for young ladies under the age of 25. They will give young ladies birth control for pimples, for acne, to control their moods, their period. It is awful. It’s terrible, and it creates very angry and bitter young ladies and young women.”
Women on social media had fierce criticism of Kirk’s comments.
“Fellas, please ignore this advice. Women in their 30s aren’t irredeemable,” Gabriella Hoffman, director of Independent Women’s Forum’s Center for Energy and Conservation, said.
“May my dating pool never spill into Charlie Kirk’s gene pool,” one woman wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Another woman responded, “I’m in my late 30s. Not married (not by choice). Not a feminist take, but I’m growing sick of this kind of bashing of women who aren’t married in their 30s.”
Several commenters pointed out the age of Kirk’s own wife.
“Charlie’s wife was 31 when they started dating,” one person noted on social media.
“Charlie going out of his way to win suburban women,” another person quipped.
Some conservative women came to Kirk’s defense.
“People are outraged about this clip. Me? I find it weird that women in their 30’s can be so insecure so as to refuse to admit that of course, Charlie is telling the truth here,” Candace Owens said about her former Turning Point USA colleague. “I absolutely love my 30’s. I prefer my 30’s to my 20’s because I feel more secure. Secure enough to the admit that Charlie is telling the truth.”
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Chaya Raichik, creator of Libs of Tiktok, chimed in on social media, agreeing with Kirk about his comments on birth control.
“Birth control is linked to emotional, mental, and physical issues. It has many negative side effects. It harms women and girls. The reason the Left mocks anyone who discusses the harms of birth control is because they’re an anti human death cult,” she said.
