I think we over-think it. It's not a woman's fault that men lust. Lust doesn't care what she is wearing or intending. Are there ways to be complicit in male lust? Of course. By the way, women lust also. Intention is the heart of the whole issue, in any direction.
The tenor of the whole discussion overlooks one obvious implication of being a non-egalitarian: The man takes responsibility, even for things that aren't his fault. Which means that he doesn't blame a woman for her dress, however inappropriate it might be. He becomes the sort of man who laments and prays about these kinds of things, and doesn't take advantage.
What's the feminist word? Begging your pardon, it's "slut-shaming." In general, our culture does a ton of it. We blame women for our failures as men. When we do this, we provide the fuel for the feminism we hate.
Christian women will face a trade-off: a little patriarchal paternalism, in exchange for the kind of men they want and need. In the fight for "equality," women will still lose out, and the smug progressives who orchestrated the whole thing won't care.
The tenor of the whole discussion overlooks one obvious implication of being a non-egalitarian: The man takes responsibility, even for things that aren't his fault. Which means that he doesn't blame a woman for her dress, however inappropriate it might be. He becomes the sort of man who laments and prays about these kinds of things, and doesn't take advantage.
What's the feminist word? Begging your pardon, it's "slut-shaming." In general, our culture does a ton of it. We blame women for our failures as men. When we do this, we provide the fuel for the feminism we hate.
Christian women will face a trade-off: a little patriarchal paternalism, in exchange for the kind of men they want and need. In the fight for "equality," women will still lose out, and the smug progressives who orchestrated the whole thing won't care.
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