Over the years since feminism came into the social sphere, the mentality surrounding women has changed in many ways. Have women become more respected, or has it remained the same? Is feminism truly feminine, or is it actually anti-woman?
We should examine what God’s will is for women in the Scriptures, especially what the New Testament says about our roles. Feminism, in fighting for equal rights for women, seems to have forgotten that women have a totally different role from men, and that women’s liberation from their God-given role of being mother and helpmeet to society, has imprisoned them. The structure of families has been broken, because women have taken on the ambitions of men, leaving the children without a mother at home, and competing with men for their jobs.
I read in an article (www.historyplace.com/pointsofview/alvare.htm) that there were three dangerous ideas behind feminism: individualism, relativistic morals, and a godless humanism.
Many destructive fruits have resulted from feminism: abortion, artificial contraception, fornication, teenage pregnancies, easily obtained divorce, and immodest dress that proclaims that we women are to show off our “assets”, as if we are mere products! This immodesty is really a form of prostitution!
In the end, has feminism really made women better off? Let us discover who we really were meant to be, and, as the women of the Church, be the example for the world. The world counts on us to know the truth. May God bless all our women, and may their God-given beauty come out and shine!
Dolores S Steenhuis, Cape Town
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