Building Strong Families

70 BUILDINGSTRONGFAMILIES

THE

EFFEMINATE

LEFT

THE

COMPLEMENTARIAN

MIDDLE

THE

VIOLENT

RIGHT

NO DIFFERENCES

EGALITARIANISM

EQUALITY and DIFFERENCES

MALE DOMINANCE

NO EQUALITY

“All is one”

Removing or denying

and UNITY

Over-emphasizing the

“Might makes right”

many differences

Emphasizing

both

equality and

differences between men

between men & women

differences between men & women

and women

God

God = creation

Mutual submission

God as

Trinity

Father, Son,

Arianism (

Son and

God as one person, not

God as Mother

in the Trinity

Trinity

God as

Holy Spirit:

Holy Spirit not

a Trinity, not three per-

Sophia worship

God as Trinity

equal value,

fully God)

sons. Harsh, unloving

New Age worship

God as Trinity

different roles

warrior-God (Allah)

Man

Emasculation of men

No gender-based role

God as Trinity

Husband, wife

Men are better than wo

men

Men as brutes

Woman

Defeminization of

differences in marriage

God as Trinity

equal value,

Excessive competitiveness

Wom

en as objects

women

(no “Mars-Venus”

God as Trinity

different roles

to show women as inferior

Dehumanization of

differences)

women

Marriage

Same-sex “marriages”

“Mutual submission”

Husband: loving, humble headship

Husband as harsh,

Polygamy, harems,

approved

Often: husband as “wimp,”

Wife: intelligent, joyful submission

selfish, “dictator”

female infanticide

wife as “usurper”

to husband

Wife as “doormat”

Children

Children murdered:

Children raised with too

Children loved, cared for, valued

Children raised with

Children murdered:

abortion supported by

little discipline, little

Children raised with discipline and

harsh discipline, little

abortion supported by

women who reject

respect for authority

love

love or compassion

men who reject

feminine roles

masculine responsi-bility for family

Family

No family—just

All responsibilities shared

Husband: responsible to lead, provide

Wives forbidden to have

Men have all power,

Responsibilities

“society”

equally between husband

for, protect

own job outside home,

women and children

and wife, or divided

Wife: responsible to help husband by

or to vote or own

are to serve them

according to gifts and

managing household and nurturing

property, etc.

interests

children

Sex

Homosexuality

Men become un-masculine,

Monogamous, equally fulfilling

Pornography

Violence against

Lesbianism

unattractive to women

intercourse as deepest expression of

Lust

women

Women become un-fem

inine, a

great “mystery”: equality

and

Adultery

Rape

unattractive to men

differences

and

unity!

Violent opposition to

Ambivalence toward sex

Delight in God’s plan for sexual

Excessive attention to

Violent opposition to

God’s plan for sex as

expression restrained by bonds of

sex

God’s plan for sex

only between man and

lifelong marriage

as only within

woman

marriage

F

S

HS

H →

W

F ↔

S↔

↔HS

F →

S→

→HS