"In words reminiscent of [Mary O.] Ross’s, she explains that a pastor’s wife is the ‘church hostess’ and should ‘appear as attractively dressed as possible all the time.’ But she goes further than Ross, addressing not only wardrobe but also the body— dedicating a chapter titled ‘Do Calories Count?’ to weight management. ‘Overweight is a sign of a spiritual lack,’ Pentecost contends."
#women #Trump #MAGA #misogyny #gender #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #ChristianNationalism
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“Dorothy Pentecost— wife of J. Dwight Pentecost, a longtime professor of Bible exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary and pastor at Grace Bible Church in Dallas— had written a book for pastors’ wives that was recommended to me."
#women #Trump #MAGA #misogyny #gender #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #ChristianNationalism
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~ Beth Allison Barr, Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2025), p. xi
"Like many Godly Christian Wives, I was programmed to blame myself when a husband expressed his unhappiness by verbally, emotionally, and/or physically abusing his wife. It took my male pastor and a male friend telling me they were afraid my husband would eventually maim or kill me to seek a divorce."
#women #Trump #MAGA #TechBros #misogyny #gender #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #ChristianNationalism
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Language some may find offensive
"Ask AI Google what women want. I did this recently, looking for the famous Freud quote. AI will tell you that what we women want is empathy, love, and affection from a man, and nothing more than a relationship. Ask it the same question about men, and it adds an entire section about what men want beyond a partner, all of which have to do with worldly accomplishments."
~ Nina Burleigh
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For the Mosuo, in the vastness of Nepal, the absence of the norms of sedentarized marriage and male domination may have contributed to society's evolution towards peacefulness.
Male domination + individualism may be significant factors favoring violence and preventing societies evolution towards peace and maturity.
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For the Mosuo, in Nepal's vastness, the absence of the norms of sedentarized marriage and male domination may have contributed to society's evolution towards peacefulness.
Male domination + individualism may be significant factors favoring violence and preventing societies evolution towards peace and maturity.