The Equuschick herself, a staunch believer in the differences between men and women and their God-given roles in family life, is often both amused and annoyed by the way these roles are defined or sometimes even manipulated by people who claim to be following God-given roles.
Far too often a couple who claims to be following the Scriptural model for gender roles are actually following a cultural tradition without any foundation.
And what fascinates her the most, is that it is just as often women who manipulate the roles to serve their own purposes as it is men.
Would have been rant of the week, but we had too many other good choices. And if we waited another week, we would have forgotten it. But its tone and content reminded us of our very own Troll. She can do the work of two strong men and she only eats as much as your average tabby cat. That is what you call a deal.
Edit: In the interest of being fair and balanced it should be pointed out that she does not make brownies as often as the Bible says a good female should. Indeed, she seems to be shirking that particular duty lately.
Edit Again: Some may doubt that the Bible has anything to say on the subject of brownies. But we are indebted to the early church father Origen for pointing out that the deeper meaning of Proverbs 31:14 -15 is “Woman, make brownies.” If you doubt me, it is clear you know nothing about Origen. Our conclusions follow directly from his methodology.
*cough, cough* Kindly nobody call him on his “the work of two strong men” bluff, please. I don’t feel up to it, at the moment, I think. I don’t know why he had to put the “strong” in there for. I’d have been happier with “sickly and malnourshied men” or “extremely unmotivated men” or “sissy girly-boy men” or “half-crippled but still doing their best men”.
I won’t argue about how much I eat, though. Have you seen how much the average tabby cat eats? Good gravy.
I was going to argue that I do to provide food for the family, ex: just having finished making 6 big loaves of bread, but I’ve a sneaking suspicion you’d reply “man cannot live on bread alone,” and then where would I be? And refrencing last nights meal of roast chicken, potatoes, gravy, carrots and onions and 12 quarts of homemade ice cream would probably be similarly dismissed on the grounds of that being last night, and hence already in the distant past.
Anyway, commentary aside, it was a good rant. A pity most of the rest of the blog made my eyes want to glaze over.
You obviously know nothing about Origen. Its not about what the words say. Its all about the deep meaning that can be derived from them. And if you had the proper level of understanding, it would be clear that brownies are crucial to understanding the deeper meaning.
As for the two strong men thing, its all culturally relative don’t you know?
Otherwise we would all be compared to our grandfathers who walked up hill both ways to school in 10 feet of snow, learned Latin proper like, and did 18 hours of hard labor in the same day.