Is Jesus a feminist?

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As I have already explained, of course there are exceptions on the individual level. But society as a whole benefits by not ignoring reality and ordering itself on these truths.
 
It’s the first thing I found. You can do your own Google searching.
 
whyeyeman said:
It’s the first thing I found. You can do your own Google searching.
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Be nice if it had an article attached to it to break down the results. Correlation ain’t causation, after all.

Alright. I’ve gotta hit the hay. Nighty-night all.
 
My point is that this behavior has never been addressed before in our disciplining of the military. That does not mean that it is impossible to address, simply that it is a new challenge for them.

It is not going to be the end of the world. Once we stop treating young males’ sex drives like they are some immutable force, we will be on the way to solving many problems, including chastity generally, sexual assault, and mixed genders in military service (as we currently have mixed genders in offices and everywhere else).

We all know young men who are able to control themselves in all of these situations. If some can do it, then most if not all can learn.

I am fully confident this problem will be addressed and solved over time once people put their minds to it.

Have a little faith in your fellow males that they are capable of learning self-control. If it were impossible, the Church would not have the moral rules that it does.
 
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Once we stop treating young males’ sex drives like they are some immutable force…
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I think this is where we might fundamentally disagree in our understanding. I think it very much is.
We all know young men who are able to control themselves in all of these situations. If some can do it, then most if not all can learn.
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I think Augustine is a microcosm of what we usually see in Catholicism and the world. Men tempted toward sexual promiscuity in their youth and they get some control over it when the hormonal fires of youth begin burning out.

I’m not saying they can’t control it at all. What I am saying is that placing young, fit women in a barracks with young, fit men at their physical and hormonal peaks creates a massive temptation that you will never fully mitigate. It’s innately biological.

I genuinely think most women would be disturbed if they really knew how much your average 18-22 year old young man thinks about sex…
If it were impossible, the Church would not have the moral rules that it does.
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Stories like Augustine’s are awfully common, Bear.

I yield the floor.
 
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Why can’t you have the final say sometimes and other times him? You should respect your husband and try to not “steamroll” over him and he should do the same thing
 
It would be much easier just to keep them separate.
 
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If you believe your tendency to be stubborn and competitive is something you should improve on, I believe you should attempt to do that yourself, if I were married to you I shouldn’t have to be the one to correct you. You’re an adult with rights and responsibilities, your husband should help you be better person and you should do the same with him. But I don’t believe you should marry a guy so he can control your stubbornness
 
It would depend on what that final say is though. There is a difference in us figuring out what to have for dinner and if we should move to go to a better school district. Taking turns doesn’t make much sense either. “Honey, you can decide this time because I did the last major decision” doesn’t make sense to me. Decision making power not through innate qualities or strength of argument, but some (in my opinion) misplaced, though well-intended sense of fairness.

Besides, just because my husband has the final say does not mean he ignores my opinion. A proper decision should take all sides into consideration. It could be that he hears what I say and agrees, and picks that. It could also be that he decides otherwise due to other factors I may have missed.

You’re right, I should respect my husband and try not to overwhelm him. But it’s a flaw of mine that he will have to deal with while I work on it. Just like how I will have to deal with his flaws.
 
To the OP, I would say that Jesus supports the definition of feminism that you provide. However, that doesn’t seem to be the definition the feminists who keep popping up in the news seem to use.
 
You name one male saint who lived a wild youth (and I’m sure there were more than one, also a few female saints who lived wild lives of their own before changing their ways).

You neglected to mention the literally dozens of other male saints who did no such thing.
 
Well of course not! Marrying someone for the sake of correcting one’s flaws is a terrible idea, which I do not and would never advocate for. You shouldn’t have to be the one to correct me were you my spouse. And I shouldn’t have to deal with your temper (I’m not saying you have one, this is for the sake of argument) as your spouse. But we would be imperfect people married to another imperfect person. We would work with each other to make ourselves and the other better. But we each have our role to play. And I cannot do both my role and yours. It’s not fair to me, you, nor our children, just as I would not expect you to take up my role.

My submission to you would be the death to myself for you – for Christ. Your denial of self would be the death of yourself to me – for the Church.
 
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