Christian Living
The True Feminist
By Rev. Katherine Appello
That big lie that women have been told has so had so many repercussions for society, for relationships and the lies continue to be told. Even I fell for it, including in regards to my faith, the Catholic faith of my childhood, a faith so beautiful and rich in tradition, in spirit.
I grew up being taught that women shouldnÕt need men and that we could do anything they could do better. If anything was done to prevent that in any way, that that meant men and those institutions were the enemy. Radical feminists will make it all about competition against men and even each other. They try to say that freedom is about zero boundary, rejection of femininity to itsÕ fullest, particularly motherhood and marriage. Men, babies, all things feminine lived out in any constructive and positive holistic way within family is reviled and looked at with contempt. If a woman chooses family over career, or if they are okay with being winked at, then the end of the world has come. Everything in the feminists, particularly the secular feminist world, as well as misguided people of faith will tell you that babies are a nuisance, disposable garbage, something you can throw away at will, or stop from happening, while you sleep around having zero respect for self, for anything or anyone. They tell you that having sex in whatever context one wants at any given moment, that is freedom and the consequences that come with that, ahhhh forget about it, so what. What they donÕt tell you is the damage done to society and to family, even to women. When everyone and everything is disposable and not a child of the creator of all things, there is no reason to respect anything, or anyone. A man has no reason to work for a relationship; neither does a woman and he can treat her as a piece of meat for the night because it wonÕt matter. ItÕs all part of the game, right, and this quest for total freedom. Remember, those radical feminists wont be there when her whole life falls apart, when the family falls apart to pick up the pieces. The lie is huge and the price paid in crime, suicides, depression and poverty of women is staggering, horrible, but they keep feeding the lies and women, as well as men, keep believing it. If God or nature if you call it that wanted everyone the same, then we all would have been born men or all born women. That is not what God, nature did and it was for a reason, for synergy, for yin and yang, for complimentary roles in life and qualities. Everything has been turned upside down by this idea of competition, of hatred, of subjective truth and pure pleasure seeking at all costs to empower yourself supposedly. It has not empowered anyone in society other than the radical feminists to spread lies and hurt society at learge. Does this mean a women must just be in the kitchen and not have any life outside of that? No.
Funny how the media, particularly the left vilified Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman, when these ladies are the example of feminism in full mode. These women, not perfect, none of us are, embrace their talents and God given gifts, yet they also understand that the nuclear family, as imperfect as it may be, along side with realization of ones talents is holistic femininity. They also understand that women are different, but have equal ability based on their talents to achieve wonderful things for the family, for the faith, for society, community. Their identity is multi-faceted, embracing who God and nature made women to be, something I wish I had realized a lot sooner than in my upper mid-forties. That is a gift we have in the West, something that Judeo-Christianity gave women, unlike the Eastern cultures that often denigrate women and make women such a piece of garbage that babies are aborted and buried in the field just for being born female. Feminine and feminist in a truly balanced society go together and the pillar of society and family is the woman, the nurturer, counselor, and teacher. She is the one that brings forth life, and a life that might find a cure to an illness or who knows what great thing, if loved, cherished and accepted by all of society, especially mother and father. Feminism in itsÕ radical form doesnÕt teach this, just the opposite. It teaches women to be in constant battle with the world around them, with their motherly nurturing call, making that call, that vocation appear dirty, awful, a prison and promiscuity glory and freedom, including killing off a baby or two to have that freedom.
Please, donÕt fall for the lie. See you femininity as God does, and look at the bible, Catholic and general church history, which is full of strong women who were wives and mothers. You can find them if you truly look. I truly hope you will learn the lesson of the lie of feminism a lot sooner than this forty-something did.
Shalom and Amen.
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