I have been thinking a lot about the following question. What are your thoughts?
Is it a blessing to be born with characteristics which help us to grow from gentle little girls into strong, intelligent and independent women, or is it a curse?
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A curse. Even though there are women who are CEO's and high government officials, our society still looks at women as the weaker gender and we should do what we are told to do, no matter what. Stong, Intelligent and Independent are adjectives that our society associates with men, not women.
A curse. An absolute curse.
I think both, a curse because little girls aren't staying little girls for very long. Our society is completely oversexed and little girls want to be strong, independent and sexual women before they even reach high school. Although i could never imagine myself in the "leave it to beaver", forced to be a housewife role- i think we're definitely missing something in between the 2 extremes of strength and dominance verses sweet and innocent.
-a1
Women are supposed to be gentle and quiet. They are supposed to follow the leaders... the men. God never intended for women to have strong opinions. Women are to follow, not lead. It is a curse for women to grow into strong, independent and intelligent people because that isn't God's plan for women.
I don't think that God intended women to be stupid. Women like men are created in his image. In my opinion there is nothing wrong for a woman to have an opinion, ideas or strong convictions. Some men find that attractive. I also believe that it is a curse for women to be strong, intelligent and independent, because many men feel threatened by it. If you haven't noticed I don't : )
Oh PUHLEEEEESE (I know Conni, we want to keep things respectful, and I will keep it at that)
If God did not want for SOME women to be strong, independent and outspoken, he would not have given them personalities which lend themselves to that. . .all women would naturally be meek and timid. The presence of naturally occuring, strong, matriarchial women throuought the world indicates VERY clearly that women are JUST as apt to be leaders as men. . .it is just our closed minded, WASP-ish society that prohibits this. Our Puritain heritage shines through very clearly.
I think that one of the BIGGEST disservices that ANY culture can do. . .ESPECIALLY an organized religion. . .is to rigidly define people into uniform roles. There are men in our society who are best suited to play more nuturing roles rather than being the "up and coming go getters" just as there are women who are more suited to leadership roles based on their strength, independence, and intelligence. The BEST boss that I, as a man, have EVER had was a woman.
I think that alot of people like to try to limit what God does with us as people. When we truly open our minds and hearts to God, we find that he is able to do MAGNIFICENT things with us as people, and that we are NOT limited in what we can do or be. I think that YOU Conni, are a perfect example. . .All that you have expereinced in your life has MADE you into who you are: A strong, intelligent, articulate, independent woman. How could ANYONE insult God by saying that what he has made YOU into is not according to his will? It is a blessing to you and those who know you that you ar who you are. Shame on those who tell you or me that we should be dishonest about who and what we are.
Oh jeez Conni, I hope the anonymous posters above are just that, anonymous and not in your circle. I can't believe that anyone actually believes the baloney they are spewing. Sorry for my strong opinions, but they are full of it.
We women are strong, we have always been so. In our world today, we are strong in different ways than we were a millenia or two ago, but women have always been strong. Believe me, bearing children is not for the weak of heart or body.
As for intelligence and independence, we should be proud of that and pity any woman who "follow the leaders...the men." I am HAPPILY married to a strong man and I always discuss things with him because I value his opinion and insight, however I ultimitely make my own decisions.
I am educated, have my own career (not job, a career) and have a wonderful husband and four beautiful children. I think it is hogwash that we souldn't be strong and independent and intelligent.
Just because a woman is independent and intelligent doesn't mean she is oversexed, it means she is capable of making her own way and own decisions. I have found, in my line of work, that the "oversexed" girls are the weak girls, without strength of will or character. They are the ones who just want to have guys like them, so they will do what guys want them to do.
I take huge offense at your anonymous posters above. They really must have a difficult time living in today's world with ideas that have been outdated since before my grandmother was born.
A blessing. I look at my gentle wife. She is strong in her beliefs, intelligent (CPA, JD, Street Smarts), and Interdependent with our family. Not bad from someone that was abandoned in a S Korean bus stop
i'm all for a woman being strong and independent, but it deeply saddens me that so many of these strong, independent and intelligent women feel that a career is so much more important than being a parent. I'm a strong woman, but i know my place is in the home raising my children- i don't expect daycare to do my job. I think we (women) need to make a choice about what is REALLY important our career or our family- we can't have both without some major sacrifices and unfortunately the children usually suffer.
M.A.
Blessing
Hey Connie- you didn't tell us what you think. Is it a blessing or a curse?
epc has made a good point. God created man and woman to be one flesh and the word Interdependent sums that up. Just as the differnt parts of our bodies are interdependent and cannot function properaly independently, so husband and wife are interdependent in marriage. Our God-given personally traits can then be best used Interdependently.
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