I’ve always thought that feminism was an effort perpetrated by a few really angry, hurt women to get otherwise happy women to become angry and hurt. Of course I’m thankful that certain unjust inequities were righted; such as voting. But to me it seems the overall point of feminism has been not to achieve equality, but superiority over men. Since the movement began it has seemingly lost roots in mere equality and rights and instead sought to elevate the worth of women over that of men in a perceived battle of dominance.

Perhaps no other aspect of society has been more impacted by feminism than that of sexuality. Feminism has consistently encouraged women to shake off any traditional mores and morals and “be like men” through casual sex. The feminist ideal seemed to be that if men could have non-committed sex then so should women; and they shouldn’t feel guilty about it. Feminists further asserted that if women would act this way that they would be truly respected. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The reality is that to this day in society a man that somehow manages to sleep with numerous women and engage in casual sex is regarded as a “stud.” Yet a woman that engages in this same behavior is still thought of as a “slut,” and considered promiscuous. Another result of the feminist influence is that women that intend to save sex for marriage and consider purity a virtue worth defending are now considered “cold,” “prudish,” and “icy.” Somewhere along the way sexual virtue became a value despised by both men and feminists.

Mona Charen recently wrote an article at National Review in which she explains the detriment to society feminism has been. She writes:

“When modern feminism debuted in the 1960s, it didn’t just urge women to be like men. It encouraged them to be like the worst men — carelessly promiscuous, vulgar, and selfish. Some men treated women as disposable pleasure vessels. Feminists regarded this not as a disgrace but as a challenge. Women who behaved the same way toward men were hailed as feminist pioneers…Most women don’t want what the worst men have always wanted — sex with no strings attached. Women are all about strings. They want intimacy, tenderness, and commitment — all of which have been placed further out of reach by feminism’s conquest of the culture.”

According to my wife, Mona Charen is absolutely right about what women really want. They have an instinct that drives them to attach and create strings with a man for the purpose of intimacy and commitment. Feminisms attempts to deny those inherent instincts and retrain women to desire something else has been nothing short of harmful. It has been particularly harmful on the young as they are constantly pressured to be sexually active at ever younger ages.

The Family Research Council is preparing to make a presentation showing the very strong link between young girls initiating sex and abortion. Some of the points they will make are:

• Almost 3/4 of abortions are to women who initiated sex at age 16 or younger
• 40% of women who begin sexual intercourse very early (12-13-14) will have abortions
• No great difference by income status in the percentage of women who procure abortions

Groups like Planned Parenthood have made billions of dollars by telling middle school and high school girls that all they need is a little “education” and they will be ready for as much casual sex as they can handle. The same groups then stand ready to provide abortion drugs and services when those young girls get pregnant. This is the logical end of feminism as it seeks to create women that don’t care about intimacy and commitment and instead want them to act like the immoral, scummy men no one in society has ever respected.

So militant is the ideology of feminism that even the word submission is completely misunderstood and taken out of context. Submission is now a dirty four letter word that will send a good feminist into a screaming rage…even on live television. When former Full House star Candace Cameron Bure shared that one of the secrets of her happy 17 year marriage is that she practices submission to her husband, the liberal feminists exploded. The specific statement Cameron-Bure said is:

“I love that my man is a leader. I want him to lead and be the head of the family and those decisions, major decisions, do fall on him. It doesn’t mean I don’t voice my opinion. It doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion. I absolutely do. But it is very difficult to have two heads of authority…I allow him to make the final choice. Obviously I will make my opinion very clear and clearly I have been married for 17 years and we have a very happy marriage and it works very well.”

Feminists somehow incorrectly associate submission with brainless subservience. And yet, as Cameron-Bure explained, the biblical definition of submission is nothing like that at all. She said “The definition that I’m using with submissive is the biblical definition. It’s meekness. It is not weakness. It’s strength under control. It’s bridled strength.”

But the very idea of acquiescing any authority to that of a man causes instant rage in the heart of feminism. That shows a fundamental lack of understanding between the ideas of being equal yet different. Those with a biblical view don’t believe women are less in any way than a man. But we do understand that God created men and women different for a purpose. Both men and women have been given specific roles and responsibilities within marriage and are expected to operate with a clear understanding of those roles. To deviate from them is to ensure disaster.

The state of marriage and sexuality in our society is clear evidence that there is more than a lack of understanding of the biblical roles for men and women within marriage; there is an outright rebellion against them. Our daughters will be impacted hardest by this rebellion against the created roles for men and women. As feminists continue to beat their drum and demand superiority to men, our daughters will be tempted to fall for this false ideal.

Now more than ever we should be vigilant in teaching our daughters that sex is a gift and purity is a virtue worth defending. We should make sure our daughters know just how valuable life is and that every life is worth defending. We should foster their desire for strings, commitment and intimacy so that they will cling to their future husband fiercely and be the life partner he needs. We should teach them to be strong, intelligent, capable women that know how to bridle their strength in order to allow their husband to lead well.

Our daughters, with these beliefs and convictions, will be jeered by feminists and taunted by chauvinists. These groups will once again prove just how similar they are and how wrong their ideals have always been. Their arrows and darts should be considered badges of honor and our daughters held in high esteem for them.

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