Feminism vs. Femininity
I'm starting to learn more about Feminism. It's been a while. I took a woman's studies course in college 10 years ago. Something I read the other day struck me, because it's very similar to something Pope John Paul II talked about.
One of the goals of feminism is to have women seen as human beings (like men are) instead of objects.
According to Pope John Paul, that's something every human being has wanted since Adam and Eve sinned in the garden of Eden. In the beginning, they were "naked without shame". There was nothing between them. Their physical bodies were an expression of their spiritual beings. Adam never said, "ooh, la, la, that Eve is HOT!" But, I bet she was. He loved her for her.
When Adam and Eve sinned, part of them died. There was something that was damaged in them that day. Bodies meant to live forever began to decay. Eyes that could see each other's spirits saw shame.
Through our salvation in Christ, we can begin to see each other as human beings again. Lust and self-interest give way to loving the other person. You see the love in the eyes of a couple still married in their 80's, and you know that lust has nothing to do with their emotions. They see each other's souls. They know the good and the bad in each other's hearts and love anyway.
That's what feminists want. That's what femininists have. (no typo there, I'm making up my own word). We give up control to another (Christ first, then our husbands) and simultaneously, our spouse gives up his control to Christ. We work together to serve Christ and His church. We live a difficult life of self-denial and service.
If you're a Christian and you've never denied yourself for Christ or served Him, you can't be a Christian.
Femininists refuse to be an object by "being" for Christ, and this unlikely humility forces men to see them as beings created in the image of God.
One of the goals of feminism is to have women seen as human beings (like men are) instead of objects.
According to Pope John Paul, that's something every human being has wanted since Adam and Eve sinned in the garden of Eden. In the beginning, they were "naked without shame". There was nothing between them. Their physical bodies were an expression of their spiritual beings. Adam never said, "ooh, la, la, that Eve is HOT!" But, I bet she was. He loved her for her.
When Adam and Eve sinned, part of them died. There was something that was damaged in them that day. Bodies meant to live forever began to decay. Eyes that could see each other's spirits saw shame.
Through our salvation in Christ, we can begin to see each other as human beings again. Lust and self-interest give way to loving the other person. You see the love in the eyes of a couple still married in their 80's, and you know that lust has nothing to do with their emotions. They see each other's souls. They know the good and the bad in each other's hearts and love anyway.
That's what feminists want. That's what femininists have. (no typo there, I'm making up my own word). We give up control to another (Christ first, then our husbands) and simultaneously, our spouse gives up his control to Christ. We work together to serve Christ and His church. We live a difficult life of self-denial and service.
If you're a Christian and you've never denied yourself for Christ or served Him, you can't be a Christian.
Femininists refuse to be an object by "being" for Christ, and this unlikely humility forces men to see them as beings created in the image of God.
posted by Terri | 4:57 PM
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