Dear Men,
Jesus Christ of Nazareth respected women. He never conform to traditional gender roles. They brought an adulterous woman to him, so they will stóne her to déàth. He stopped them, because the law had a punishment for adulterous women but not for adulterous men. Jesus Christ hàted male supremacy.
On an occasion, Jesus Christ visited martha, and she was busy trying to be hospitable as expected from women - cleaning, cooking and trying to serve. But Jesus told her that that didn't matter more. He didn't care about cultural expectations from women.
Jesus christ glorified women. In a time where the testimony of women weren't taken in court, he appeared first to a woman, Mary Magdalene. It was a deliberate act to uplift women - that the gender that was suppressed was the first to witness the foundation of our gospel creed
Women get married and she's expected to build the marriage, even when the man is committed in tearing it down. She's blamed; she's asked to hold on, when the man cheats and maltreats her and her kids, she's asked to go on her knees and pray for him to change. She's asked to go on her knees and beg when she's thrown out. She loses herself. It is in a man's nature to cheat while the woman endures and pray for him to change. But when a woman cheats, she's called all sort of names & thrown out of marriage. I want us to know that we have sisters and humanity is our family. A world where we are happy and productive is impossible where one gender is oppressed.
Let's stop justifying male irresponsibility. Stop saying men will always be men. Stop giving excuses for a cheating man. Stop giving excuses for domestic Vi0lence. Stop asking what she wore when she's ràpéd, or why she visited him. See the daily pain of women and empathize. It is difficult for a privilege person to see the inequality others face. We as men have many privileges women don't have. A woman can't feel safe in a cab filled with men. A woman feels insecure when a man is walking behind her in a remote area. The society expect women to have it all. A career woman is often advised to not let her career success stop her from performing her traditional roles of domestication, but the average successful man doesn't always have time for his family. Women are held to higher family standards. Let's do better to women. I will never allow how bad a lady treated me in the past change my perspective about love and humanity. I am not a bitter soul.
Be Good to humanity just as our heavenly father has always been good to us. ❤