tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105226992849497642.post1358096639724176610..comments2023-08-02T06:04:58.140-04:00Comments on ~By His Grace and For His Glory~: A Response to a Reader: Views on Feminism and Inborn Gender TraitsMiss Rebekah Ann S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04269150765888375195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105226992849497642.post-8572579906718980112011-03-23T11:37:10.596-04:002011-03-23T11:37:10.596-04:00Hello Anonymous, I want to be gracious here and no...Hello Anonymous, I want to be gracious here and not sound argumentative towards you, so please understand I write this with loving intents. I think(correct me if I’m wrong please Bekah) Rebekah’s point was more (about the woman working in the fields) the women were working alongside their husbands helping him in his work furthering his efforts, serving together in advancing the Kingdom of God. We must also remember what is our standard? I must ask myself that question all the time. By what standard do we live? As Christians our standard must be the Word of God. History can teach us many things, but what happened historically is not the Holy Inspired Word of God. Look to Christ, He alone can give us wisdom for those difficult stuck-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place situations. Thank you for bringing your points up, it has been sharpening for me to think these things over. May the Lord bless you and draw you closer to Himself. Bethany<br /><br /> James 1:25 “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”Bethanynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105226992849497642.post-24630063478944087352011-03-20T14:06:03.556-04:002011-03-20T14:06:03.556-04:00Dear Rebekah,
Actually, very few farmers were abl...Dear Rebekah,<br /><br />Actually, very few farmers were able to afford their own land. The overwhelming majority of society worked for titled landowners. This was true throughout Europe and Asia. So both men and women worked "outside the home" for a boss--the landowner. They could not afford to have a woman at home. Of course, the wealthier people (there were some) owned their own land, but the vast majority did not.<br /><br />After the Industrial Age (but long before feminism), women worked in factories or sweatshops, whether they were married or not. Children raised themselves in the streets, or were cared for by older siblings. This was true in England, the US, wherever industrialization had reached.<br /><br />I do enjoy your blog. But I do need to point out that many women worked outside the home long before feminism. The vast majority of mankind could not afford their own land, let alone the luxury of a woman staying at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105226992849497642.post-34855386176355804952011-03-19T21:55:01.559-04:002011-03-19T21:55:01.559-04:00Hi there, Anonymous! Yes, that's certainly tru...Hi there, Anonymous! Yes, that's certainly true. Thanks for pointing that out. The only thing I would add to that is that that lifestyle still varies from the lifestyle of the typical woman today who works "outside" her home (who is away from home, usually at an office, or something like that). Back then, while she was working "outside" of the four walls of her home, so to speak, she was still working at her home, on her "estate", if you will. Much like the Proverbs 31 woman who owned a vineyard did. Basically, she was still "at" home, though she may not have been "in" the home. It all depends on our definition of things. Do you see what I'm trying to say? That lifestyle still fits the stay-at-home mom lifestyle more closely than today's working mom lifestyle. Anyway, thanks so much for your comment, and I hope I wasn't too confusing. ;)<br /><br />God bless,<br />RebekahMiss Rebekah Ann S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04269150765888375195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105226992849497642.post-68617727398000531102011-03-19T19:55:15.392-04:002011-03-19T19:55:15.392-04:00Actually, for centuries, men and women both worked...Actually, for centuries, men and women both worked outside the home, farming the land. Until the last century, most countries were completely rural in nature, with both parents contributing to the field work out of necessity. The luxury of a "stay at home mother" did not exist. Both parents worked outside the home, till they were too old to do so. The children worked along side them. The babies were carried by a parent, or left by the side of the field to sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com