07-03-2018, 11:29 AM
Let’s talk about misogyny in Fundamentalism.
It’s so ingrained in the culture that it might as well be written in the church covenants (you know, those cute not-so-little manifestos still in old churches).
We hear about it a lot in politics, but I want to address the effects of it having grown up in Fundamentalism.
It’s preached over and over that we’re here for the purpose of a man. So, that is later translated that men can dictate not only the direction of our lives, but our clothes, our hair, our money, etc etc.
We have to watch what we eat. Why? To please a man. We have to “pretty up”. Why? To please men. Heaven help we gain some weight and grow older. No, then we have to starve ourselves and get plastic surgery. Why? Because our purpose, according to Fundamentalism, is to please a man. We’re told we’re too quiet. Too outspoken. Too something, but not enough of the other. Because, loving ourselves and being content with ourselves doesn’t please mankind.
I’m sorry. I can’t look at life that way. I have a deep-rooted thought process that tells me I’m to be someone’s commodity, and that thought process started early in Fundamentalism.
I think it’s time for some mental housecleaning. After all, isn’t housecleaning what we women are good at?
It’s so ingrained in the culture that it might as well be written in the church covenants (you know, those cute not-so-little manifestos still in old churches).
We hear about it a lot in politics, but I want to address the effects of it having grown up in Fundamentalism.
It’s preached over and over that we’re here for the purpose of a man. So, that is later translated that men can dictate not only the direction of our lives, but our clothes, our hair, our money, etc etc.
We have to watch what we eat. Why? To please a man. We have to “pretty up”. Why? To please men. Heaven help we gain some weight and grow older. No, then we have to starve ourselves and get plastic surgery. Why? Because our purpose, according to Fundamentalism, is to please a man. We’re told we’re too quiet. Too outspoken. Too something, but not enough of the other. Because, loving ourselves and being content with ourselves doesn’t please mankind.
I’m sorry. I can’t look at life that way. I have a deep-rooted thought process that tells me I’m to be someone’s commodity, and that thought process started early in Fundamentalism.
I think it’s time for some mental housecleaning. After all, isn’t housecleaning what we women are good at?