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rabbits-of-negative-euphoria · 21 days ago

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obviously I'm all for complementarianism and Biblical male headship and gleaning wisdom from history, but Alisa Childers was so correct when she said some on the Christian right are trying to bring back a type of patriarchy that never existed

#you can argue that certain individual men exerted X 'authority' over their wives #but you cannot argue that said exertions were ever a social norm #the things you're arguing *for* are the very feminist strawmen you're reacting *against*#this is why I've not joined any dating websites--even the Christian or Conservative ones #because a guy can say he believes all the right things on paper #until you find out his version of 'complementarian' means 'the wife obeys the husband when he tells her to only wear red'#I need to know what kind of a family he comes from. what kind of a community he lives in. I don't trust a resume.#x #respublica #Christianity #sexuality #if your version of male headship starts to sound eerily like Islam or pimpmanship maybe some self-reflection is in order #or rather some Scripture-reflection

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