This week I guest posted over at my friend Jen's blog for her series called "Expand." I felt pretty nervous about this because although I felt like I HAD to write about this, I also felt like it could cause some controversy.
Would people read grace behind what I was saying? Would they think I was just another woman screaming that men have gotten it all wrong? NOT what I believe by the way.
Anywho, in great trepidation I wrote and re-wrote and then sent this off to Jen for final editing. It's a part of my self examination of how fear has ruled my life. It's a part of the writing challenge that I set early this year.
Here's an excerpt from the middle;
Would people read grace behind what I was saying? Would they think I was just another woman screaming that men have gotten it all wrong? NOT what I believe by the way.
Anywho, in great trepidation I wrote and re-wrote and then sent this off to Jen for final editing. It's a part of my self examination of how fear has ruled my life. It's a part of the writing challenge that I set early this year.
Here's an excerpt from the middle;
"Looking back now, I
feel like God was working on my trust issues with men at the same time as He
was making me into feminist. Ironic. But, isn’t that the way that He does things?
I want to say here that there are a lot of people who I
deeply respect who don’t like the word “feminist.” For them it is a militant
term. It conjures up memories of bloody intellect wars, woman against woman, men
against women, and accusations that multiply like popcorn. I’m pretty sure I’ve
told people I was a feminist, only to have them do a double take and check for
a bra strap.
Nevertheless, I still
think it’s important to use the word feminist, regardless of the negative
stereotypes or maybe even because of them."
For the complete post and some of the back story you can head over to Jen's blog by clicking HERE.
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