Why do some people think that men need only respect and women can make do with only love?
I know these passages in the Bible tell us that women should respect their husbands and husbands should love their wives.
[ 1 Peter 3 :1
Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered
(this one asks husbands to honour their wives) ]
However, how does that somehow insinuate that respect is something needed much more by a man than a woman?
And likewise, from where does that thinking arise that women don’t need respect as much as men?
The reason I say this is because I have come across a few Christians who've told me that respect is a very big deal to men, but tried to imply it was not so much for women. I've read a few Christian literature also that tried to express such a viewpoint.
I don’t want to make this a gender thread people, but here’s a passage worth thinking about
Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Yes, we are to respect our husbands but honestly, men would you be okay with a woman not “loving “ you but just showing a mandatory semblance of “respect”?
So many times people make things about a particular gender but they forget that we are all human beings.
If you cut someone, they bleed. Whether they’re men or women.
According to me respect and love goes hand in hand.
Where there is no respect, there is no life. You respect a woman when you offer her the honour of letting her inside your heart.
When you trust her and ask her advice, because her opinion matters, you show her respect.
You also respect a woman when you respond to her questions and give her your time.
If you can’t respect a woman, then how can you become one with her?
I know these passages in the Bible tell us that women should respect their husbands and husbands should love their wives.
[ 1 Peter 3 :1
Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered
(this one asks husbands to honour their wives) ]
However, how does that somehow insinuate that respect is something needed much more by a man than a woman?
And likewise, from where does that thinking arise that women don’t need respect as much as men?
The reason I say this is because I have come across a few Christians who've told me that respect is a very big deal to men, but tried to imply it was not so much for women. I've read a few Christian literature also that tried to express such a viewpoint.
I don’t want to make this a gender thread people, but here’s a passage worth thinking about
Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Yes, we are to respect our husbands but honestly, men would you be okay with a woman not “loving “ you but just showing a mandatory semblance of “respect”?
So many times people make things about a particular gender but they forget that we are all human beings.
If you cut someone, they bleed. Whether they’re men or women.
According to me respect and love goes hand in hand.
Where there is no respect, there is no life. You respect a woman when you offer her the honour of letting her inside your heart.
When you trust her and ask her advice, because her opinion matters, you show her respect.
You also respect a woman when you respond to her questions and give her your time.
If you can’t respect a woman, then how can you become one with her?
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