If I could have an honest conversation with Betty Friedan, trailblazer of the modern feminist movement, we would have words! Betty in her seminal book, The Feminine Mystique, dismally described the home and women’s role in it as a “comfortable concentration camp”. If we could talk, I would tell Betty
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Nurturing the Nations” Feminism, Children and the Family War on Motherhood My heart is broken for women who are abused in virtually every country in the world. I get angry, angry at sexist men and sexist cultures for their abuse. (For
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Nurturing the Nations” Feminism, Children and the Family War on Motherhood In part 1 we wrote about the suitability of home schooling for developing future citizens. Now let’s examine a little-known Greek word and its biblical roots, paideia, to further understand
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Difference feminism” What is “Difference Feminism”? Male and Female: Complementarianism vs. Egalitarianism How does the Bible view male and female? In part one we introduced the various manifestations of feminism in the West. Here’s a table to summarize. [*] While we
Photo by David Dennis, Scotts Valley, CA The news about ISIS is improving. That’s good. Maybe we will see a reversal in a trend noted back in May, in a story at nypost.com: “Meet the American women who are flocking to join ISIS,” opens with this troubling paragraph, ISIS is
Wonder where the trans “rights” movement comes from? Answer: Soft Marxism Question: What do Black Lives Matter, trans “rights,” same-sex “marriage,” feminism, campus safe spaces, multiculturalism, political correctness, gender studies and the modern social justice movements have in common? All these movements and ideas are cut from the fabric of
“A woman can do anything a man can do.” Most of us have heard that sentiment. Or even expressed it. No doubt the phrase sometimes captures legitimate frustration. Ever since Genesis 3 husbands have tilted away from responsibility and women have had to fill the gap. I personally know many
As we continue exploring the strength of American women (see part 1 and part 2) we note that de Tocqueville regarded their role in domestic life as an indication of nobility. As for myself, I do not hesitate to avow that, although the women of the United States are confined within the
Our desire in this short blog series (go here for part 1) is to examine the higher elevation of American women than women in other nations. We seek to do this through commenting on some of the observations of the French historian, Alexis de Tocqueville, and his American contemporary, maternal feminist
Here in the West we have lost sight of the distinctive value and role of women. Is it time to differentiate again? Is it time once again to recognize the important differences between men and women? “To what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people [of the USA]
