What we have in the Western world instead is a bit more like
the Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball kind of feminism. It’s overtly sexual,
strangely perverse, and based on this concept that when men have power,
women do not. Rather than the two genders living in a kind of symbiosis,
we’re perceived as being in direct competition with each other.
Weaken the men, you’ll strengthen the women.
The only problem is, in the entire history of the world, that has
never worked. In fact, the exact opposite is true. Strengthen the men,
you’ll empower the women. Provide men an economic system they can access.
Create peace, prosperity, freedom, so they can create, innovate, build
families, communities.
Kind of ironic, but feminism itself was born of the upper classes, mostly
in America and England, not because women were horribly oppressed, but
because for the first time in the history of mankind, women had enough
free time and economic security to ponder the nature and structure of society.
To this day, feminism resonates more with the privileged and so called educated.
Minorities and the economic lower classes tend to suffer the effects of feminism
a bit like the collateral damage of failed policies.
So Mr. President, where’s that fatherhood initiative you promised? Where’s that
youth employment plan for young men? Where’s your mentorship program? Six years
in and we’ve gotten “free” birth control, gay marriage, and something that sure
looks like the edge of complete economic disaster.
I’m not so sure that empowering men necessarily empowers women, unless both are done simultaneously. I would agree that “Women’s rights” are the same as “human rights”.
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Alas Paul, women’s rights are not the same as human rights, at least when it comes to politics. A few years back I was quite horrified to find myself clicking the “women’s issues” section of several political sites and discovering that women’s issues are now exclusively about “reproductive justice.” Health, economics, peace, prosperity, children, families, the future of the human race, no longer women’s issues.
Stonings, beheadings, refugees, war, those are human rights issues and those are issues Western feminism does not like to touch. Ask a feminist how she feels about Sharia law and she’ll likely mumble something about how oppressive Christianity is.
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And the central issue of ‘women’s health’ is perpetuating the killing of the innocent unborn.
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I’m not sure I said it right . What I meant was that human rights should be synonymous with women’s rights (they are not, but they should be) There should be no difference.
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Lies. Reproductive health is a woman’s issue because women have wombs. Thus it’s sex-specific. I have yet to hear a feminist talk about (not mumble) how oppressive Christianity is. You make things up. It’s incredibly dishonest. These hit pieces of yours. Whew!
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GREAT post ! =) =) Thanks for sharing info and conversation… It is sick how much reproduction is heralded as the biggest issue, and agree with your comments completely. Thanks, Paul for the clarification.
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I like your style and clarity of thought. Don’t forget that we got also many lies. 77 cents for women versus $1 for men is one of them.
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Good points!
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Feminism now is not only overt. It’s personal self-expression that’s skidding toward trashy; i.e. Scout Willis walking in public topless. It’s become more about sexuality and, as you mentioned, reproductive rights. How has either of those bettered women or men economically? The movement isn’t synonymous with human rights, which disconnects those groups who are economically disadvantaged.
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Perspicacious post!
Politicized as they are, the ‘feminists’ are only shills for the Left; denigrating men serves to deconstruct the family as well as weaken the economy … A twofer against the obstructive middle class. (Or so it seems to me.)
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I think you’re quite right.
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Brilliant! Thank you so much for writing this! I shared it on Facebook. You are an awesome writer. God Bless.
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Absolutely brilliant, and right on the nose. Also quite wonderfully written. We said this too at our blog, but you said it better, darn it! 🙂
Best,
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Well, I just found this,almost a year after you posted it, but I love it enough to reblog on my page…https://sailordale.wordpress.com/ Please stop by & have a look…
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Thank you for the reblog and the link, much appreciated.
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Reblogged this on sailordale.
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The fact is that countries that empower women do better across the board, and those that keep women down suffer across the board. Reproductive rights are NOT the primary issue when it comes to Christian feminism. It boils down to justice and mercy. I would urge everyone to read Jimmy Carter’s book “A Call to Action” and I also love this post from Rachel Held Evans on why we need feminism: http://rachelheldevans.com/blog/we-need-feminism.
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Yes, Ruth Perry!
And when aid is given to poor families in other countries, it’s shown to benefit the entire family if it goes to the woman in form of micro loans, compared to if it is given to the man because the woman will invest in her family’s health, education of the children, clean drinking water, or a safer home or cleaner fuel source or investing in more nutritious food or healthcare for the children, but if the father gets it, it’s shown to be squandered by the men in them drinking, gambling, or some other selfish spending by the man.
Invest in women in impoverished countries and it helps the family and community. It reaches more than one person and benefits many.
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preach
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I agree in general terms with what you are saying in the article but not necessarily with the pretzel logic behind it. Civilization started out with men in power based on biology and that worked in the days of mud huts and large farm implements but not very well for women after the world evolved into a more socially civilized and industrially mechanized planet. It has taken years of revolution and changing laws to raise even the perception of women as “equal.” The ‘equality’ pendulum swung pretty hard in the 50’s and 60’s but it has not quite settled into a rhythmic balance because of the generations after the silent one which demand more and more ‘equal’ time. With the world-wide interweb as our preferred platform of discourse, the world may never again be the pleasantville of our ancestors. That’s mostly a good thing. But, the fringes of the religious and social and political parties dominate the discourse in the media–both the ‘news’ media and the social media and that certainly influences our national legislature and creates a depiction of life in the U.S. as some kind of Sodom/Gomorrah free-for-all. Most of us don’t live like that. You’ve started a great discussion here.
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One of the strongest, most intimidating women I’ve ever met was an elegant, beautiful, and submissive wife of a pastor in Zimbabwe. Her name was Sister Mary. In her presence I felt both ashamed and important at the same time. Because I was a visiting pastor, she and her household served me like I was a king. However, there was no doubt that this woman was no one to be trifled with. She was the type of woman that a man could truly stand in awe of, yet at the same time be made to feel like you were a warrior king. She was the type of woman who you knew had her husband’s back as he led, and he depended on her like no other. I wish you could have met her. To me, she was the epitome of womanhood.
Of course, my wife ain’t no slouch, either 😉 She can out do me in a whole lot of things, even though she’s the “weaker sex.” She loves me and depends on me, but I think I depend on her far more. I have the primary career, but I couldn’t be what I am without her – and she knows it. We are a team. Actually, isn’t that the biblical perspective? I think so.
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Ahhhh, thank you for that great comment, I really enjoyed reading it. 🙂
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