From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently. Equality before the law and material equality are therefore not only different but are in conflict with each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time
-- F.A. Hayak
This article,
Where Have All The Ladies Gone, by
Eva Lorraine Molina has much to recommend it, though it is a bit overdrawn. Still there is truth here. Of course, when she criticizes conservative women, the question of whither conservative men must also be contemplated -- we also have much to answer for. Still, this post is about conservative women.
I truly believe that the world would be so much better if men could be manly and women could be feminine. In such a world the highest virtue of masculinity is the willingness to provide and sacrifice for his wife. In such a world, the highest virtue of femininity is to recognize that her husband daily puts his self-image and even his life at risk for her -- this is the very nature of self-sacrifice. Therefore, his natural role is that of leader since he's the one who will [and ought to] suffer most when things go bad.
Now, if your reaction to this post is negative, please make sure that you understand that being led does not mean being a slave, nor does being a leader mean being a boss. If you don't see the difference between follower and slave or leader and boss, then you are not ready to truly appreciate the God-given and deep structures that characterize the mutual obligations between men and women.
The inability to contemplate, much less appreciate, the physical and psychological differences between men and women has had a profoundly negative effect on civil society. In a society in which females are taught to view males as irrelevant, men are released from the obligations of virtuous manhood, properly understood. Are we surprised, therefore, that men have responded by viewing women as sex objects, the only female-male relationship left to them.
Alas, I am not sanguine about restoring a proper balance to our society. But I sure wish more articles like Ms. Molina's would appear.
n a society in which females are taught to view males as irrelevant, men are released from the obligations of virtuous manhood, properly understood. Are we surprised, therefore, that men have responded by viewing women as sex objects, the only female-male relationship left to them.
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