Why did men quit being men? And which came first: men quit being men or the women’s movement?
I know that 1963 was the year that Betty Friedan wrote “The Feminine Mystique”, which started the women’s revolution. That and Helen Reddy’s ear splitting ‘I Am Woman” war cry.
> I know that 1963 was the year that Betty Friedan wrote “The Feminine Mystique”, which started the women’s revolution. That and Helen Reddy’s ear splitting ‘I Am Woman” war cry.
I am old enough to remember 1963.
Things went seriously sideways in 1963.
IMO, there are too many situations where the symptoms of a problem are blamed for it.
It’s like how Catholics blame contraception for the problems we have, when they don’t stop to realize, that it the problems didn’t already exist, contraception would not have been so widely and quickly accepted.
Likewise for feminism. I see that as more of a symptom of a problem that is getting the blame for causing it. If the problem of male leadership were not already happening, feminism would have had a much more difficult time getting off the ground.
Scripture gives instructions to men on how to lead as godly leaders. When that was abandoned by whatever means, whether by lack of provision, or by abuse for example, women will not want to submit to that kind of “leadership”. Nobody likes to have to fend for themselves, or be physically, emotionally or any other was mistreated.
Why on earth would some woman want to submit to an alcoholic husband who drinks away his paycheck and beats her? I certainly cannot fault someone for not wanting to live like that.
When they were raised by single mothers.