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Charlie Kirk has faced criticism for his remarks about women in their 30s, suggesting they are “not as attractive” and beyond “their prime.”

These comments were made during a Turning Point USA Faith event, where Kirk discussed reasons he believes many college-age women do not support conservative values.

“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,” Kirk said.

He elaborated on the effects of birth control on female brains and noted that young single women tend to be reliable Democratic voters. However, he observed a shift toward more conservative views when women marry and have children. Kirk criticized social messaging that discourages marriage and children in favor of careers for young women.

“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,” Kirk added.

“Birth control like really screws up female brains,” Kirk further commented, advocating against its use due to its association with increased depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.

His comments have ignited a wave of responses across social media, ranging from criticism to support. Hannah Cox, cofounder of BASEDpolitics, criticized Kirk on X, calling him a “doofus” and suggesting that his rhetoric was alienating and counterproductive.

“Every time Charlie Kirk opens his mouth the country takes another step towards socialism,” Cox wrote on X. “Women and minorities are fleeing the right due to doofuses like him and somehow these morons haven’t done the math to realize they can’t lose 50% of the country if we want to remain capitalists.”

Hannah's post was quoted by anti-Communist commentator John Doyle, who used it to launch a thread arguing that Kirk “didn't go far enough” in his tough love to the female gender.

“Married women tend to vote conservative, unmarried women liberal. It should then be no surprise that our unmarried 30-something female pundit class are quick to threaten to leave the party (just walk home) if there is discourse which dares to suggest female accountability,” Doyle wrote.

Others highlighted the irony in Kirk's statements, given that his wife was 31 when they began dating.

“Men should LY ever be judged by their actions and NEVER by their words—Charlie’s wife is older than him and they married when she was in her early 30s,” wrote X user @vocalcry. “The fact that he strings together little words that contradict this is irrelevant. Men simply enjoy chattering. Carry on.”

Candace Owens, a former colleague of Kirk at Turning Point USA, defended him, saying, “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.”

Chaya Raichik, creator of Libs of Tiktok, also supported Kirk, particularly on his views on birth control, stating, “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.”