Food for thought

Genesis 2
20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Some of you know I study Communications. As part of the curriculum, I’m studying Sociology. Once again I trip with the old stone of gender inequality in society, so let’s talk about it.

Statistically speaking, worldwide, women produce 60% of the work, yet they only control 10% of the resources. Is there anything else that needs to be said?

I will not write about discrimination in the “world” because, honestly, it would be foolish to open the eyes of the blind and expect them to see. But Jesus’ people are a different story.

It’s very sad for me, as a Christian woman, to see that even in the church of Christ we find so much discrimination based on gender roles.

I don’t think God intended men to use and abuse women. I don’t think that’s what He meant when He talked about wives submitting to their husbands. Submission and oppression are two very different things.


Why is it that people lie to themselves and call oppression “submission”?

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To shed some light on gender roles, I’ve found the following website that I believe will help us better understand this matter:

http://www.colorq.org/Bible/default.aspx?d=Tanakh&x=women

Also, I believe we need to read our Bible with the Holy Spirit’s guidance always. Not with what society has taught us, not with what is convenient for us, but with God’s love in our hearts and minds.


May you have a blessed day!

love,

your sis.