Well, each to their own, I guess.
I read this too with growing incredulity, and then it occurred to me. These women are the modern nuns, withdrawing from a competitive world and saying, 'I give up, I'll make no more decisions and leave it to someone else to look after me and take responsibility for me. Then I cannot be blamed for anything, nothing will be expected of me and whatever happens is God's will.'
Forgive me, I don't really agree with this. Nuns - in the past - were often women who took a stand against the rigid ideas of being the devout wife. For a wealthy woman the only options were marriage or the convent and the convent allowed more freedom than marriage.
This is a contraversial subject but what concerns me about 'feminism' is that so often it is a watered-down masculinity - or women trying to behave like men. I am absolutely for the equality of the sexes, but also for recognising their complimentary roles. So-called 'feminism' has led to the idea that all mothers have to go to work and have a 'life of their own'. What if mothers
want to stay home with their children (which is natural in Nature). Why should that be less than going out and behaving like a business woman?? It has led, I think, too, to the notion that we all have rights and no responsibilities.
I don't have children - I love children but made that choice because that beautiful responsibility didn't work with what I chose for this life. It irks me enormously when people expect others to be responsible for theirs. A child is not an appendage or a fashion accessory. Nor is a child the responsibility of government or state or everyone else. I totally understand that economic pressures mean many women need to work and cannot be there all the time for their children, but that is quite different from those mothers who seem to have them, leave them and expect everyone else to be responsible.
Unfortunately, it seems to me, that when the suffragettes began their campaigns for equality, they spoke of equality in a way that recognised the compatibility of the male/female. It was taken over by women who were not out for equality and the recognition of the beauty of the feminine, but rather who tried to emulate the masculine. (And, girls
, we all know so well that men
think they rule the world and what a mess they have made of it with their wars and posturing
) The feminine is equally powerful but in a different way. For centuries the feminine has been side-lined, crushed, obliterated. But when the so-called feminists got into their stride, they didn't promote the feminine (intuitive, gentler side that compliments the masculine driving force side) but rather tried to make women like men.
So...I think these ladies against feminism, are a backlash to that. It
is sad that they want to be subservient. It
is an escape and it
is an insult to the true dignity of women. But then, if they choose to live that way, it's their choice. What is always apparent is that as soon as someone labels someone else as 'sinful' they obviously are living in fear. If someone wants to be a subservient wife, go live it. If someone wants to be a business woman, go live it. Why is there ever a need to tell anyone else what is right or wrong? We only do that when we are unsure of ourselves and incapable of looking at our own lives...Surely people who are truly thoughtful, think only that other people are equally so, and can make their own decisions...
Sinful??? Yikes - what a silly and judgemental word!!
They're totally against a woman working(even a job from home, like writing) and insist that I obey my husband or father unless he tells me to disobey God.
