I was teaching my theology class about the top 15 theological issues of our day; I had just begun to discuss the issue of egalitarianism vs. complementarianism, when one long sigh exhaled from the entire class and engulfed me. My classmates and I have always stood on opposite sides of controversial issues; every year I go up against the entire class in debates on women’s rights, gay rights, racism, and Donald Trump.
Thus, when they heard me say “Egalitarianism is the view that women are equal to men, and complementarianism is the view that women have their subordinate role in a man’s life”, they knew that we were all on our way to another debate. Despite their eye rolling, I carried on in my theological analysis of the foundation of sexism. Then one of my classmates, let’s call him Trevor, looked me right in the eyes and said; “I do not believe women should be allowed to preach in a church. I believe men are the righteous leaders; women are too emotional and cannot lead.” Once those …show more content…
The route of one’s education used to be formed solely off one’s gender. Women could not be preachers, teachers, or anything that required an educational background for they did not even have an education. This is reflected in theological texts, such as the Quran and the Bible. Unfortunately, there are those who have carried this into the present day. Although far too many women are still restricted from receiving the education they deserve, we do have many more women that receive the same education as men. We live in a brave new world that gets braver and newer by the minute. What was once a collectivist society has now grown into a group full of people with individualist philosophies. Consequently, we cannot accurately generalize the masses anymore; we must evaluate people on their individual abilities, not generalizations we have made based off their
Thus, when they heard me say “Egalitarianism is the view that women are equal to men, and complementarianism is the view that women have their subordinate role in a man’s life”, they knew that we were all on our way to another debate. Despite their eye rolling, I carried on in my theological analysis of the foundation of sexism. Then one of my classmates, let’s call him Trevor, looked me right in the eyes and said; “I do not believe women should be allowed to preach in a church. I believe men are the righteous leaders; women are too emotional and cannot lead.” Once those …show more content…
The route of one’s education used to be formed solely off one’s gender. Women could not be preachers, teachers, or anything that required an educational background for they did not even have an education. This is reflected in theological texts, such as the Quran and the Bible. Unfortunately, there are those who have carried this into the present day. Although far too many women are still restricted from receiving the education they deserve, we do have many more women that receive the same education as men. We live in a brave new world that gets braver and newer by the minute. What was once a collectivist society has now grown into a group full of people with individualist philosophies. Consequently, we cannot accurately generalize the masses anymore; we must evaluate people on their individual abilities, not generalizations we have made based off their