Pastor Slammed For Suggesting Women Try To Be Like “Epic Trophy Wife” Melania Trump

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March 8, 2021, 7:36 am

A Missouri pastor’s misogynistic sermon comparing women to “the epic trophy wife of all time…Melania Trump” has gone viral as people rip him apart for the audacity.

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There’s a certain level of misogyny built in to traditional Christian religion more often than not—women, submit to your husbands; women, take no leadership roles—but for Pastor Stewart-Allen Clark, apparently the Bible’s own misogynistic views weren’t enough, so he decided to preach his own to the congregation of Malden First General Baptist Church.

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“Why is it, so many times, that women, after they get married, let themselves go?” he asked, leaving that dramatic preacher pause hanging so everyone will think he just dropped some massive truth bomb. “Why is that? Why do they do that?”

Clark went on to criticize women for ever thinking the “chase” of their man is over once they get married, or that their husband should love them regardless of how they look.

“Now look, I’m not saying every woman can be the epic, the epic trophy wife of all time, like Melania Trump,” he said, with a photo of the former First Lady literally queued up for display.

“Most women can’t be trophy wives, but you know,…maybe you’re a participation trophy. I don’t know, but all I can say is not everybody looks like that. Amen! Not everybody looks like that. But you don’t need to look like a butch either.”

In case you were wondering what Clark himself looks like to have such a brazen attitude demanding women throw so much effort into their own looks, here’s the video:

Pastor Stewart Allen-Clark tells congregation that women need to work harder to look good for men. “I’m not saying every woman can be the epic trophy wife of all time like Melania Trump. Most women can’t be trophy wives, but you know … maybe you’re a participation trophy.” pic.twitter.com/5GfyqIeQZw

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 6, 2021

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The backlash was ferocious, and not just from women.

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This pastor is the kind of dude who you forget all about until you read about his arrest for putting a hidden camera in the church summer camp ladies room. https://t.co/m1CkYoCphX

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) March 7, 2021

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I’m gonna need Stewart Allen Clark, the pastor who told women to slim down, pretty up and look more like Melania Trump to slim down, tone out, and look more like Henry Cavill. pic.twitter.com/YAZ7bDLWrC

— Gretchen (@GMWhitehair) March 6, 2021

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1st, Melania Trump is not “the epic trophy wife of all time.”

2nd, you’re a sick bastard if you think women exist only to be your “trophy.”

3rd, what Bible are you reading? The Rick James version?

4th, look in the mirror before making demands on women about their appearance. https://t.co/EzlFgFJr4g

— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) March 8, 2021

American Pastor Stewart Allen-Clark telling the women in attendance at this sermon to be less fat or their husbands will leave them.

The “can I get an amen?” at the end was a bold strategy. pic.twitter.com/1t8CNFcAgA

— Ghost of the Ghost of the Ghost (@DragonLaw6) March 7, 2021

While there isn’t exactly a Biblical basis for banning women from wearing pajamas to Walmart, the threads of some of Clark’s statements do trace back to religion, and people were ready to call it out.

Stewart Allen Clark

1. Holy fuck, look in the mirror.
2. Not everyone can afford the plastic surgeries, Melania Trump has.
3. If someone tries to emulate Melania, immediately lose 75 iq points.
4. Beauty lies within.
5. This is one of many reasons, religion is so laughable. pic.twitter.com/fKJBiuXiiU

— Scott (@KomingUndone) March 7, 2021

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This clip is going viral because Allen-Clark is obviously a raging douchenozzle, but there’s a lot of misogyny baked into white Evangelicalism generally, and this isn’t too far off from what I heard growing up Southern Baptist. https://t.co/x6h8C3qdmm

— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) March 7, 2021

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At the end of the day, everything he said is just a bunch of crap — telling women how to look AND telling men what they should want or expect out of women.

I actually prefer the sweatpants look

But more importantly, she should wear what SHE wants. Not what some pastor says is “womanly” https://t.co/CiwqLwJLZJ

— Jax Austin (@JaxAustin) March 7, 2021

The church has since announced that Clark is on leave and undergoing therapy.

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*First Published: March 8, 2021, 7:36 am