Feminists Lost?
According to the New York Times feminists lost with this last election and the entire piece was trying to figure out why. These sentences caught my eye: “You didn’t hear explicit calls for women to stay at home and be subservient to men, although it’s an open question how many Americans are receptive to questioning traditional gender roles. Many who care about the place of women in American society are gripped by fears that men will have a free pass to demean women at home or in the workplace, that women’s health, economic society and reproductive rights will be dealt severe blows.”
Have you noticed those who are are opposed to biblical roles for women use the word subservient instead of submissive? Subservient means “prepared to obey others unquestioningly, less important; subordinate, and serving as a means to an end.” Do you see how the enemy of God carefully takes the words God uses and twists them enough to kind of say the same thing but make them sinister and evil? This word change, in my opinion, comes from the pit of hell.
Submission is a willing choice by a godly wife who loves the Lord and desires to obey Him in all that she does. She allows her husband to lead while she follows and yes, she does obey him but can question him if she feels the need. However, she leaves the choice to her husband and doesn’t argue the point with him because she trusts that God’s ways are the very best for her. In following them, there are blessings. Yet, feminists will be subservient to bosses. They will obey them unquestioningly or else they will lose their job. They aren’t as important as their boss since their boss controls everything and is the one to pay them, whereas our husbands share what they make and have with us willingly. Feminists are serving as a means to an end; they are working for money and for accolades. They can’t see the plank in their own eyes.
Coming back to the comment in the article, do you see how irrational the fears are that they portray? They fear men will have a free pass to demean women at home and in the workplace! Feminists still are in control of the Universities and the media. It’s not feminists who have kept women from being demeaned. In fact, it has grown worse in this country as feminism becomes more influential and society gets farther and farther away from God’s principles. When men are taught biblical principles of kindness, godliness, and love of others is when they do not demean women. There’s nothing feminism can do (making laws) to stop men from demeaning women. As a society spirals into depravity, the worse men and women become. Feminism is a huge part of this downfall.
A nation can’t murder 58 million of its babies and expect life, any life, will be valued. If women are willing to allow their babies in their wombs to be murdered, what makes them think they will be respected by men? If they want to act like men, take over men’s jobs, and stop being women, why would men value women more? They value them less. God is who gives women value. When they want to get rid of God, women lose value. Men value feminine women who act like women. They like soft and gentle women who love to cook for them, take care of their homes, don’t nag them, and please them sexually.
Women’s health, economic society and reproductive rights have been “dealt a severe blow”? I sure hope abortions are stopped since they are murder and the women’s health and reproductive rights they speak about simply mean the right to free abortions and birth control. As you can see from the article, the new feminists want socialism which causes apathy since there is no reward for working hard. Contrary to the popular opinion of feminists, competition is good, especially for men. Men thrive in competition and weaken when it is taken away. No, feminists, these probably haven’t been dealt a severe blow, unfortunately, unless there is a revival in this country. Your agenda is alive and well since Satan is the prince of the power of the air. It is an evil agenda that is far from the heart of the Lord.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness.
1 Corinthians 3:19
6 thoughts on “Feminists Lost?”
Lori, will you please provide a link to the NYT article, please?
Thank you for bringing that to my attention, Sarah. I had one there originally and I don’t know what happened to it but I added it back. Here it is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/opinion/sunday/feminism-lost-now-what.html?_r=0
When I first saw your title I misunderstood the word “lost” as in *being* lost, rather than having lost in the election. But that’s not really so far from the truth, is it? These ladies are lost, like we all would be without the Lord to guide us.
Lori,
Thank you for all of your work.
I do want to remind you and others that feminism may have lost, but gynocentrism is still very much alive and well.
When we, as christians, continue to tell men/boys to “grow” up when they already are, it perpetuates that women are not responsible for any of our present day problems. Look around. Men are responsible for allowing women running roughshod over them and masculinity. For 50-60 years men haven’t been telling women to burn their braws, have as much sex as they can, sue for equal rights regardless of production, divorce if your not happy.
Feminists may have lost, but feminism will get worse. Today”s conservative was yesterdays liberal, and today”s christian was yesterday’s agnostic. CBMW, and The Gospel Coalition are at the forefront of bringing feminism into christianity. Pastors are responsible for regurgitating that which they learned in seminary or grew up with, which is female centered thought.
I agree. Many are too afraid of WOMEN to speak the truth of God’s Word anymore. It’s not easy. I can attest to that but it is worth it. God’s ways are always worth it!
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16)
We sure would be, Taylor. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6)