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Candace Cameron Bure made feminist heads spin wildly this week while promoting her book, “Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose,” on “HuffPost Live.”
My HuffPost live interview- I didn't know how controversial I was! 😉 Candace Cameron Bure Live http://t.co/2tn9gLsUpE via @HuffPostLive
— Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) January 6, 2014
The 37-year-old actress has three children and has been married for 17 years. Here’s what she said about her relationship with her husband:
“I love that my man is a leader. I want him to lead and be the head of the family and those decisions, major decisions, do fall on him,” she told HuffPo Live. “It doesn’t mean I don’t voice my opinion. It doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion. I absolutely do. But it is very difficult to have two heads of authority.”
The former “Full House” star wrote a book, “Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose,” and wrote, “I quickly learned that I had to find a way of honoring his take-charge personality and not get frustrated about his desire to have the final decision on just about everything. I am not a passive person, but I chose to fall into a more submissive role in our relationship because I wanted to do everything in my power to make my marriage and family work.”
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“The definition that I’m using with submissive is the biblical definition,” she explained. “It’s meekness. It is not weakness. It’s strength under control. It’s bridled strength.”
“Submissive” + “biblical” = riled up lefties, natch. Self-appointed authorities on how women should live their lives took to Twitter to explain why Bure is setting women back as much as “a billion years”:
Thanks Candace Cameron, for setting women back approximately a billion years… http://t.co/sB0KblWn7a
— Marie Claire (@marieclaire) January 7, 2014
Oh Candace, just let him let him grab your hair & drag you home like a caveman…#Pathetic.. http://t.co/s7KVAtp2u3 via @YahooOMG
— Cee Cee (@Cee_Ceelicious) January 8, 2014
Go away Candace Cameron. You set women back about a 100 years w/ your ignorance. You and your brother are psychopaths.
— #WearAMask (@JamieLynnODell) January 8, 2014
@candacecbure I admire your candor in admitting that you would allow your entire family to suffer if your husband makes a bad decision.
— ANTIFA Field Commander (@NotJohnPrager) January 8, 2014
Feminism and liberalism: all about choice, unless it’s the wrong choice.
@candacecbure I may not choose the same path for myself but no one should judge your choices! It's obviously working for you. Kudos lady!
— Shannon S. (@MizShannonS) January 8, 2014
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https://twitter.com/believer5678/status/420700348425068545
Bingo. If it works for Bure and her family, then good for them.
Bure addressed critics with a fantastic photo-smackdown:
Nothing weak about this- people talk about what they don't understand. http://t.co/c2cAuUkqVY
— Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) January 8, 2014
Rawr. You go, lady!
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