Folly of Feminism

I am a woman, and I am not a feminist.

Here's the deal:

I believe that men and women were created in God's image, making them equal in value and dignity- that makes me a Christian.

I believe that men and women should have equal rights and protection under the law- that makes me a libertarian.

This is different than feminism.

Feminism tells us that gender roles are bad, that there should be no differentiation between male and female in the public sphere. That gender should be ignored in order to create a fair playing field. This is a clear contradiction of what God has intended for us.

 In Genesis 2 we read:
"18 Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.' 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
'This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of man.'
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed." (ESV Bible)

God created woman as a helpmate to man. There were certain roles that Adam could not complete and so God created Eve to fulfill them. God has created our genders to compliment each other in areas that the other lacks.

In Ephesians 3 Paul tells us, "wives submit to your husbands" and "husbands love your wives". As women, we are to submit to our husbands in the home and in the church. And husbands are to put their spouse's needs before their own, serving them in sacrificial love, which Christ so perfectly modeled for us.

 Gender identity has been distorted by sin, but was not a result of the fall.

 "Christ did not come to destroy gender distinctions but to repair them so that they might operate in such a way that shows His glory"

 Wives are to submit to their husbands rather than seeking control, and husbands are to love their wives, leading with grace and greater care for their spouse than themselves. This was God’s intent from the beginning. In light of this truth, we should neither view it as a competition between genders, nor seek to absolve gender identity because neither male or female is superior or complete without the other. God purposed it that we should benefit from each other. And when we deny that, everyone loses.