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Originally Posted by Nell
The problem is that woman was and has been blamed and otherwise punished for the failure of both man and woman. Both are equal failures but one repented, and the other did not.
Nell
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Hmmm, Adam didn't repent? Does that mean Adam went to hell?
Let's not carry this thing too far, Nell. Men and women each have their respective strengths, weaknesses and roles. Neither is fundamentally superior.
Here's a funny thing you might not know about men: although we often patronize women, we also tend to put them on pedestals. I'm definitely well into middle age, but apparently not too old to learn something.
Recently my wife divorced me. You know what this taught me? That it is a mistake to put women on pedestals. They are just as capable of treachery as men. Although I used to think they were somehow sweeter, purer and more innocent than men, now I know that was misguided idealism on my part. A woman can stab you in the back just as readily and heartlessly as a man can. They might have different reasons for doing it, but the net result is the same.
Men and women are both primarily the one same thing: human. Their virtue and depravity might come out in different ways, but they have the same potential for each.