Women and Religion

Good morning all. It's a gloriously gloomy Monday and I'm in class reading about Women and religion. It's a subject that's rather touchy to me because much of what I've been brought up to believe as a child is that women are suppose to be subservient to men. This form of thinking has always disturbed me. Not just for myself but for the daughters I will have in the future. The more I began to think about it the more I was convinced I would never teach my girls that they were less important, less intelligent, less than in any way to men.

This warped way of thinking is sadly one of the main reasons I believe our world is so off balance. People believe that because men are physically stronger than women they are superior. What they forget is that there are pains we as women endure that would break a man to his knees (our monthly menstrual cycle and childbirth for example).

Now this is NOT a male bashing post lol. I simply mean to point out that physical mass is not the only form of strength. There lies a certain courageousness in being able to love over and over again even though you've had your heart broken so many times. It is not easy juggling your day job, the kids, the hubby, and still trying to find time for yourself. And please let's not forget the doing all this in a pair of gorgeous 3" heels that cramp our feet but look so good. lol It's not easy.

On a serious note though, I wish this world would wake up and acknowledge the strength of our mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers and all the women without whom this world would cease to exist. Quit telling our daughters that they are less important than our sons. Yes our sons will carry on the family name, but the daughters carry on the family blood.