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From the original setup (Genesis), the
woman was created to "help" the man
and also cater for his "emotional"
side. Remember, God saw that it was-
n't good for Adam to be "alone". So
given that setup, you'd expect a helper
to come and chip in when the man
wants help. She'll be sort of like a
support. But when the helper feels
like she has to be at the same level as
the one she's helping, it becomes sort
of like a problem. That's why you see
the bible pointing out to the fact that
women should "submit" to their hus-
bands. And the husbands should in
return "love their wives as Christ
loves the church". Men being the
"head of the wife" should lead and the
wife should follow suite. (NB: The
head of the man is Christ). So there's a
hierarchy.
GOD
Christ
Man
Woman
So since there's a hierarchy, it means
each level has its responsibilities and
they should cater for the next level on
the hierarchy without causing a prob-
lem. They'll all compliment each
other no matter the level occupied in
the hierarchy. That's the purpose of
the hierarchy and each level should
work within its capacity to help bring
out the best of the level it is support-
ing. Now imagine if the church
(woman) wants to be the head
(Christ), where would the body be? 1
Cor 12:14-26 is insightful on how all
parts should relate to each other. It all
goes down to complimenting each
other despite whatever role God has
given us.
because they were both created equal.
But here's the point, God created them
equal in terms of his image and not in
terms of the responsibilities he gave
them. So passively to Adam he said,
"Look after the garden" and to Eve he
said, "Help Adam look after the gar-
den". This is now a hierarchical setup
emanating from God to Adam then to
the woman. So it has to be respected
in all aspects.
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have
you know, that the head of every man
is Christ; and the head of the woman
is the man; and the head of Christ is
God.
So in all these feminist activities, the
idea is to allow women equality with
men but it wasn't created that way.
Let each gender carry out its responsi-
bility as given by the Creator without
having to feel like the responsibility is
lesser than the ones given to the other
gender. Although they might feel the
responsibility is less, but it is still im-
portant and irreplaceable. It's a re-
sponsibility. It has to be carried out by
the one it has been given to, whether
they feel it to be less important or not.
By virtue of being created in the same
image of God, both males and females
are equal but rather, their roles are
differe`nt. That's why God told Adam
to dress and keep the garden while
Eve would help him do so. So the
man was given a responsibility but he
needed someone to help him carry out
the responsibility. So instead of carrying out their re-
sponsibility, they want to now com-
pete with someone who got a greater
responsibility based on the fact that
both were "created in the same im-
age". It's like a little brother trying to
take a responsibility of the older
brother based on the fact that they all
came from the same womb and have
the same parents. For feminists, it has
become more of a resentful approach
for them instead of the complimentary
approach. So instead of compliment-
ing the efforts of the other gender so
that a balance is achieved, they want
to compete with them which is rather
a threat to the males. (Male egos get
bruised in the process). So although
they might gain a footing in the public
sphere, the same mentality continues
to dwell in the homes and one of their
purposes (emotional support) is
clouded.
Now looking at the current situation,
the helper feels she can take the re-
sponsibility given to the man simply At the end of the day, you have a
woman who can step out and be bold
in the public sphere but who can't be
an emotional support to his husband
because her femininity would have
been clouded by this "conquering the
male-dominated world" mentality. It
always comes with an expense if you
neglect your role and try to fill the
role of someone. No wonder why
most of the feminists aren't married.
It's hard to live what they'll be talking
about because it's more like a picture
of what they want things to be but in
reality it's deeper than that and more
difficult to implement. So it ends up
becoming a wishful train of thought
backed up by a bitter gender.
In conclusion Feminism has rather
looked at the formal side of things and
allowed women to push so they can
be heard in the public sector. It might
have increased awareness on the mis-
fortune the women are facing because
of a patriarchal system but it creates
women who are resentful and unap-
preciative of the fact that their role is
unique and can't be replaced by any
man in the system they are fighting.
Thus they neglect their identity and
role in pursuit of part of the man's
role. At the end of the day, women
must know that the purpose they were
created for can never replaced be-
cause it's only them that can fully live
in that purpose.
It can never be replaced by having a
great career at the expense of a family
and a relationship with your husband.
If God had intended the setup to be as
the women wish it to be, he'd have
made such a system. God allowed us
to impact the world differently and by
virtue of that, there are those who
contribute actively and some who
contribute passively. It doesn't mean
the one who contributes passively is
not important but rather they impact
the world in a way different from the
one who contributes actively. But we
must all go back to the Creator who
gave each gender it's roles and look at
our responsibilities through his origi-
nal plan. That way, no one will feel
less important because their role is not
as pronounced as that of the other
one.