Baelor;9257466:
No one I know has argued that women on average are physically weaker than men, or even that this tendency is not natural. The problem with your reasoning is that it does not make sense. You have not provided a compelling reason that because women in general are physically weaker, no women should do X.
Again, it does not follow that because women are generally weaker physically no women should be fighting in war zones. The military already has protocol for determining suitability for active duty that addresses this issue. The fact that men are not
the weaker sex does not mean that every man should be allowed to serve in the military, I am sure you agree. The same reasoning applies to the case of women.
Have you been on active duty with all the women in the military in the last, say, two years?
But in some cases it is good for men to be alone, such as when vocations to the priesthood or a calling to single life (not necessary religious) apply.
Dear Baelor,
Cordial greetings and a very good day. Thankyou for your reply.
If “women are on average weaker than men” then it surely follows, dear friend, that there will be some tasks that will be too dificult and onerous for them to perform. Thus my reasoning makes perfect sense, since that is just a simple fact of life.
Women are not suited to combat zones since their physical and psychological make-up is just not designed to function in such a harsh setting. True, many men will not be deemed fit to serve in the Armed Forces, but that is simply because they are not made of the right sort of stuff, not because of their gender. Women are simply not adapted to such an environment and neither should they attempt to adapt to it. The whole of Catholic tradition, dear friend, would militate stongly against women being in the military, Joan of Arc was a unique firgure and cannot be used as some template for women generally - rare cases make bad law.
The women currently on ‘active duty’ are not engaged, as far as I am aware, in close combat with the enemy, thus that does not tell us anything, dear friend. However, army personnel have been interviewed about this sort of thing and say that they would feel protective for their female collegues, which could present a serious risk to others. It seems that men cannot rid themselves of this God-given instinct to protect the fairer sex and this ought to tell us something. No amount of politcally correct or femenist idelology can change what is built into a chaps psycological make-up and bless God for that, I say. Chivalrous conduct in men cannot be erradicated, even though some equality fanatics wish it to be so.
The Church is not required to teach an obvious fact of life, such as that some women will never marry for one reason or another. However, God’s intention was that men and women marry for mutual companionship and procreation. If it is not good for a man to be alone then it is certainly not good for a women to be alone either. Some are given a special charism for vocations and the priesthood, but otherwise marriage is the norm. **What is aberrant is a woman making a deliberate choice either to defer marriage or to never marry at all, so she can selfishly pursue a career and find her fulfillment that way. ** Traditional Catholicism would never have warmly approved such a choice but would have considered it self-seeking and jolly un-Catholic. The finest way for a woman to glorify God is by entering into wedlock and raising godly offspring for the next generation. That is surely an urgent need in today’s irrelgious culture.
Of course there is an obligation, my dear chap, for a man to work and and support his family. Moreover, that text from I Timothy 5: 8 should be interpreted literally as there is no valid reason to interpret it otherwise - “when the literal sense makes good sense be careful to not make it nonesense”. The only exception that I can see is where a man is so indisposed that he cannot be the breadwinner. In that case, the woman will probably have to work if circumstances permit, but again that exeception cannot be applied to families where the man is able and capable - the maxim, rare cases make bad law, applies again.
Baelor, my dear brother, this will be my final post for now as it is my custom to take a breather from the boards at weekends. Thus may I wish you and all other contributors a jolly splendid weekend, whatever you plan to do. Since Monday is a public holiday, I will, DV, be back on the forums on Tuesday next and will respond to any posts then.
God bless you, dearly beloved friends.
Warmest good wishes,
Portrait:tiphat:
Pax
According to your
logic, women’s virtue is dependent on whether or not they breed.
Tell me, if a childless single female doctor saved your life or the life of someone that you loved, would you consider her a bad person because she was making no apparent effort to settle down and have babies?
