tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post3990531491934211701..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: Co-providersSuzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-65368033541553639842011-06-01T13:36:40.072-07:002011-06-01T13:36:40.072-07:00"Can't we accept each other as friends an..."Can't we accept each other as friends and colleagues, as those who share the same worries and concerns, the same burdens for family, for our neighbours, for others around the world?" <br /><br />Well, some of us can. Others don't seem to be willing to do so. Many of the latter sadly seem to be unwilling to do so as a result of patriarchal views that they learn at home and in their churches. This is a traqedy.BradKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010789914473231268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-30302385846241421392011-06-01T06:34:55.731-07:002011-06-01T06:34:55.731-07:00AmenAmenDonald Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904992652259586383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-67541374889335355532011-05-31T22:41:36.781-07:002011-05-31T22:41:36.781-07:00Very good points, Suzanne. Isn't the man-as-b...Very good points, Suzanne. Isn't the man-as-breadwinner idea really reflective only of certain classes of people in certain cultures, during certain times of prosperity? It certainly isn't the universal human condition that men provide and women do not. <br /><br />Denny's words trouble me when he says this:<br /><br />"It is my responsibility as a parent to guide and shape his character as best I can so that he will be a protector of women, not an abuser of them."<br /><br />I strongly believe that the very best way to teach a boy not to abuse women is not to teach him that they are some other class of people to be protected-- but that they are human, just like him. He needs to see women as part of "us" and not as "them." This is the very best deterrent to looking at women as things: things to be abused, controlled, raped-- or even protected and put on a pedestal.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.com