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Has Women’s Empowerment Ruined Society?
I’ve been doing a lot of religious reading lately, but I always have to put it on hold when I come across materials that imply that women who want to be treated with respect are the reason that the world has gone crazy.
They say that feminism has ruined society because it takes women out of their natural roles, and thus there has been a domino effect that has caused the world to be doomed. If you really want to follow God’s will, you must dismiss all these sinful ideas.
Oh really?
Here’s how I see it.
This is what the world tells me on a daily basis.
Your body parts are nasty except for when I want to feel you up in public, but don’t worry, I know you want it and if you don’t, you have no sense of humor.
Don’t try to get ahead in the world, because after all you are just a woman. But then again, if you don’t at least try, you are lazy.
Hey, I’m not making this up. This is just the way God intended it to be. He also made you have a monthly cycle ,but I don’t know why because that is so disgusting. So be sure to be embarassed when it’s your time of the month.
Look, I’m not trying to say you aren’t good enough as you are, but let’s face it, you aren’t good enough until you have plastic surgery; and be sure you are within a certain weight at all times. If you are too skinny, you look sick, but don’t get too curvy (unless it’s your breasts) because if you do, you are lazy and unattractive.
When you get married, you become your husbands property so you must change your last name. Oh yes, we have to be politcally correct. You don’t change your last name because of that, you change your last name to show that you love your husband and that you are a family. These fricking feminists are brainwashing you!
Follow all these rules and believe everything I say or I will make you an outcast. I will call you all kinds of names, and convince people that you are trying to destroy the family-orientied society. Because that’s your ultimate goal, you hate family and you hate God. Either that, or you are a lesbian.
So you mean that women and men who are trying to combat all of those ideas are the reason those ideas are in place? If I just sat down, shut my mouth, and made dinner then everything would be ok?
That’s a tough sell…
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Perhaps it’s the brand of Christianity and religious material your reading. Certain brands of Christianity have been primarily responsible for the repression and oppression of women.
Methodists are a safe bet for feminists. They allow women in leadership roles. They don’t expect you to give up your identity for your husband. They encourage women to preach and teach and have autonomy. That’s rare in religious circles.
Spiritually you might consider A New Earth which has a take on women that’s interesting. Eckhart Tolle says that men became so involved with their egos and their desire to hoard all the worldly power that they got cut off spiritually.
He feels that today women are closer to enlightenment and closer to God because they have not had any outward power to identify themselves with.