tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post2515140160183942028..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: Gender WarsSuzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-14495413316499930722009-09-04T15:19:22.487-07:002009-09-04T15:19:22.487-07:00whew!whew!Mike Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335768638306462369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-35456913038426343182009-09-04T15:06:48.618-07:002009-09-04T15:06:48.618-07:00Thanks for all the encouraging coments and posts. ...Thanks for all the encouraging coments and posts. <br /><br />Mike, No I wasn't thinking of you. <br /><br />Doug, <br /><br />Why on earth would I discount your opinion because you are a man. It is actually not a subjective thing to talk about how many biblioblogs are complementarian vs egalitarian. It doesn't matter whether the reader is a man or a woman. LOL. <br /><br />And the truth is that many complementarian blog authors are quite good friends. It isn't really about that oddly enough. <br /><br />It is about being told that I can't say something anti-complementarian in mixed company. It isn't the c's themselves saying that. Many of them are quite happy to debate the topic.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-45936536316857332502009-09-04T10:33:05.013-07:002009-09-04T10:33:05.013-07:00Your last comment resonated with me. The fact is, ...Your last comment resonated with me. The fact is, how much of a pounding are we willing to take day in a out...<br /><br />I have met a few women whose careers in ministry were destroyed for daring to dissent on the status quo taught on women in ministry.<br /><br />Carolyn Custis James writes about Theology being important for women and how few women will take it on for many reasons. One is because it intimidates men and in turn makes the woman's life uncomfortable. So, part of it might be wanting to not rock the boat.<br /><br />These are cop outs. God is just as important to KNOW for women as HE is for men. And, if women only KNOW God through men, they are stifled in their maturity. Always to be an 'ex slave' at a gathering of slave holders.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367390474045060624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-41214580335659368902009-09-04T08:49:31.660-07:002009-09-04T08:49:31.660-07:00"However, imagine a third group, a group from..."<i>However, imagine a third group, a group from this class that want the ex-slave to act as if both slavery and abolition are equally valid points of view which can be legitimately derived from the Bible and therefore both deserve equal respect.</i>"<br /><br />I don't know how much of this quote might refer to me. Or even if you've had me in mind for it. I don't think I've ever intentionally conveyed the impression that you should treat both views as deserving equal respect - though I'll admit that I consistently try to do so, myself. But the only reason for that fact is that there have been a few times now where I have (to continue the analogy) either convinced a man to "free his slaves" or convinced a woman that she can and should be free.Mike Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335768638306462369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-77207001008850238742009-09-04T08:04:22.532-07:002009-09-04T08:04:22.532-07:00Good analogy. Ignore my e-mail.Good analogy. Ignore my e-mail.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557557130782165768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-1759344080237349632009-09-04T05:12:36.911-07:002009-09-04T05:12:36.911-07:00Hi, Suzanne.
I find those figures interesting, sin...Hi, Suzanne.<br />I find those figures interesting, since that would suggest there must be subjects where there are very few men blogging to balance out the ones where women appear to be in a minority. I have no idea why Bible blogging seems to be such a male preserve. But I don't get the impression that most of the men whose blogs I read would be complementarian.<br />You may of course wish to discount my opinion since I'm a man. But I note it nonetheless.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326403777027937887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-3831802022617547172009-09-04T04:47:52.624-07:002009-09-04T04:47:52.624-07:00Hummmmmmmmm interesting analogy. I am going to hav...Hummmmmmmmm interesting analogy. I am going to have to go with being on the side of the abolitionists, literally and figuratively.Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847912389789698622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-4217504819491182832009-09-04T03:30:38.799-07:002009-09-04T03:30:38.799-07:00Hello Suzanne,
Here's the thing. They're...Hello Suzanne,<br /><br />Here's the thing. They're not in your shoes, have never been in your shoes and can't imagine being in your shoes. Their problem is lack of imagination and that causes lack of empathy.<br /><br />But I'm a woman and I know what you're talking about. For me it's a situation of having "been there, had something similar done to me (or saw it done to other women) many times over, and know what it's like". <br /><br />I'm also the mother of three sons and wife of one husband. Yeah, they all love me, but nevertheless, they find ways to put me one down so they can be one up. They think of it as teasing in a loving way. But teasing, in itself, is an attempt to be one up so the other can be one down. It's competitive. <br /><br />I'm not competing with them. Why do they have to always be competing with me? I think it's so that they can assure themselves they're not women. How weak is that? I love the men in my life but I wish they could just accept me as a person with different interests rather than treating me as someone they have to be different to.Janicenoreply@blogger.com