Gender Relations
Excellent and important.
"Those posts - the ones where I call on us men to improve the way we treat women - tend to be very popular. They’re popular when I write them or when anyone writes them. Proclaim that women, mothers, and wives should be respected, and a chorus will shout ‘amen.’ Every day on Facebook brings us another viral post excoriating men and supporting women. I’ve written a few of them myself.
But I’ve noticed that the corollary - a message about the respect women must give men, a message challenging wives and encouraging husbands - isn’t quite so palatable for many people. Disrespect for men has become standard practice."
"These cultural messages aren’t harmful because they hurt my manly feelings; they’re harmful because of what they do to young girls."
Your husband doesn’t have to earn your respect
"Those posts - the ones where I call on us men to improve the way we treat women - tend to be very popular. They’re popular when I write them or when anyone writes them. Proclaim that women, mothers, and wives should be respected, and a chorus will shout ‘amen.’ Every day on Facebook brings us another viral post excoriating men and supporting women. I’ve written a few of them myself.
But I’ve noticed that the corollary - a message about the respect women must give men, a message challenging wives and encouraging husbands - isn’t quite so palatable for many people. Disrespect for men has become standard practice."
"These cultural messages aren’t harmful because they hurt my manly feelings; they’re harmful because of what they do to young girls."
Your husband doesn’t have to earn your respect