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Gender and Feminism

Husbands and Home Birth: A Call for Women to Educate Men

February 29, 2012

Husbands tend to initially feel uncomfortable with the thought of home birth. Instead of simply submitting, women need to educate their husbands on the safety of home birth. If there is only one realm in which women ought to have authority, it’s in the realm of childbirth.

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Final Thoughts on Being a Stay-at-Home Mom

February 13, 2012

In my last post, I explored my personal journey towards becoming a stay-at-home-mother. The reasons I’ve decided to stay home can be summarized as follows: a) Working outside of the home makes me utterly wretched. First, because waking up to an alarm clock destroys me; and second, because I suck at doing almost anything that [...]

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My Personal Journey Towards Becoming a Stay-at-Home Mom

February 8, 2012

I’ve always kind of expected I would be a stay-at-home mom. First, because my mom stayed home when we were young, so it just seemed natural that I would do the same. And second, because I’ve always been aware — at least on a subconscious level — that I have absolutely no lucrative skills whatsoever.

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The Stay-at-Home Mom: A Love-Hate Relationship?

January 31, 2012

So which is it? Do we revere the SAHM or do we disdain her? Is SAHMhood a dignified life choice or a degrading one? We seem to have very mixed feelings about her. And that’s why I’m intrigued by her history.

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Slightly Curmudgeonly Reflections on Mother’€™s Day

May 7, 2011

Anyone who knows me or who reads this blog regularly will probably not be surprised by what I’€™m about to say: I’m not a fan of Mother’€™s Day. I plan to discourage my kids from getting me Mother’s Day gifts (outside of school-sanctioned homemade crafts, I guess. I can’t exactly refuse those). First off, I [...]

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The Power of Seduction

November 22, 2010

In the movie Date Night, the action is instigated by seduction. Is this an illustration of the premise in John and Stasi Eldredge’s Captivating — that women make things happen through seduction?

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What’s So Feminine about Fruitfulness?

July 29, 2010

Hey there, faithful readers, I’ve got a post on Engaged Marriage today about thinking about time from a more feminine perspective. I discuss the idea that while we are generally encouraged in Western society to be productive – to accomplish as much as we can, to achieve great things, to be efficient – I want [...]

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Male Headship and Female Submission, Part Two: Our Story

June 10, 2010

In my last post, I discussed male headship and female submission in terms of the biblical verses; today, I was to address the issue in relation to my own experience. “I think she’s right,” I said from my desk at the back of the room, and every head turned around to look at me. I [...]

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Male Headship and Female Submission, Part One: The Bible

June 7, 2010

Ahhh, female submission. I don’t know if any other biblical issue has been more prominently featured in my spiritual education than female submission. It is arguably the most important feature of my Old Colony Mennonite background, the topic most often highlighted in our sermons, the most fiercely defended biblical precept amongst my extended family, and [...]

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Exploring New Feminism: A New Way to Understand Femininity, Fertility, and Motherhood

May 29, 2010

Dear Catholics: rock on. You have taught me so much in the last year, and I owe you a debt of gratitude. First, you guys directed me to Natural Family Planning, which has transformed the way I understand sex and sexuality – in a very good way. I’m so grateful that I’ve come across such [...]

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