Gloria (2021)

The Glorias presents a hagiography of Gloria Steinem, an icon of feminism, which elevates abortion to an indispensable pillar of female equality. The film portrays her illegal abortion as a liberation to pursue her career, and publishes lists of women who underwent it to normalize it as a social movement. This stands in opposition to the dignity of human life from conception, presenting the unborn as a dispensable obstacle. Furthermore, it openly attacks Christianity: Steinem delivers a homily in a Catholic church, accusing patriarchal religions of discriminating against women, minorities, and nature; she alleges that rites such as baptism imitate childbirth and that heaven and hell are oppressive inventions. It suggests pre-patriarchal cultures with reincarnation or ancestors, promoting a New Age spiritual relativism with Hindu and Cherokee references. The Church is ridiculed as an institution that prohibits non-Catholic homilies. Although it highlights struggles against real sexism, such as the treatment of women as objects or the unpaid labor of mothers, it instrumentalizes these truths to validate an agenda that blurs natural complementarity and the sacrificial role of motherhood. It criticizes giving up a career for children as a possible mistake, implying abortion as an alternative. Visible Christian faith is distorted as an enemy of progress, while serial promiscuity and lesbian rights are celebrated. For parents, this confusing vision of personhood and family requires profound discernment.