Well…this is something I really wanted to say in the God topic in Faith and Spirituality, but they had already moved on when I got to it.
A “f***ing genius” said in one of his posts on page 2, “[the picture given of women in the Bible is that the] woman is weak, easily tempted, not to be trusted, led into sin, a temptress that leads man into sin, virginity is a virtue in women (but not in men), women get just one husband but men get many wives.” You know what? Almost all of these examples are true (I’m not sure where he got that women are not to be trusted, after all, it says something about trust in Proverbs 31, so I won’t deal with that one…). First of all, the idea that the woman is weak. Compared to men, you know what? We ARE weak. Think about it. Most women are just built smaller than most men. Women body builders have to take male hormones to get the muscles they have. We are just made to be weaker, and “the weaker vessel.”
Second of all, we are easily tempted. Um, excuse me, was it the man or the woman that took the fruit from the tree? I believe it was the woman. Maybe God was saying something here, I don’t know.
Thirdly, women are led into sin. I’m not sure how he got this one, seeing as the Bible clearly states that we are all sinful…so I’m not really gonna touch on this one.
Fourth, a temptress that leads man into sin. This is something that I think every woman deals with. We all have a portion of our body that we like somewhat, and would, secretly, like to flaunt it. Sometimes, we end up doing just that. Do you think that’s right to our guy friends? We are leading them into sin by tempting them. I have to confess doing this once or twice, not necessarily in what I wear, but in words, and I am extremely sorry for doing this now.
Fifth, virginity is a virtue in women (and not in men). I’m not sure where in the Bible it says it is not a virtue for male virginity, but anyways, I guess what I would say for this one is, there are very few male prostitutes out there. I mean, there are gay ones, but…we won’t go there.
Sixth, the idea that a man has many wives, but a woman can’t have several husbands. First of all, this idea was changed in the New Covenant, where it clearly states that only one man and one woman should be joined together in matrimony, and that a man should take pleasure in her alone. Second of all, I think most of the men that had several wives in the Old Covenant were like kings, and men of a lot of power, which in those days, there were not very many ruling queens or women that had authority.
Just think about the way men and women are made. As I have already said, men are strong and tough, and women are a lot more moody and weak. As a woman, I know there is something within me that makes me want to submit to men, and love my future husband by showing him that I know that he is the head of the relationship. There is just something naturally beautiful in that. Also, to throw this in, simply in the way sex works, it is obvious that the man is supposed to be stronger.
Finally, please don’t get me wrong; it is totally unjust for a man to beat, rape, or abuse a woman in any way, or in other words, abuse his male rights. I think women still have value, after all, there would be quite a population shortage if we weren’t around…lol.
