Women deserve respect

Was not talking about sexual sin. I do think women are generally nicer to be with than men. The way I see it is we all are children of God. I don’t put anyone on a pedestal, only Jesus.

You mean other types of boorish behavior?

Yes, generally speaking

Yes I know both should be treated the same way I agree on that you are taking me the wrong way

Fair enough. I saw your clarification. Thanks for that.

Hmm this got me thinking...

Women are the better species, men are pigs 🐷 👍

I apologize if that offended, I was being lightly silly but I probably should have explained better... and of course it was a general comment and not everyone is like that

Wow.

Rather than vent my utter disgust at this sentiment, I will hold my tongue... this time. I will just say that your thinking is corrupted by the feminist agenda.

Nah, no need to apologize. I wasn’t offended. I just see these views that were expressed as common enough amongst Christians that I want to start pushing back. The idea that men are inferior, brutish, too aggressive, etc and need to be civilized or refined by women. Essentially, masculinity is bad or defective in some way. There is also a “nice guy” element that is along the same lines of wanting to prove you are not like other men.

This is one of those areas where chivalry and feminism aligns. I’m working on these ideas in myself, as well.

No,no,no... the feminist agenda is not scriptural. Men need to be the spiritual leader, women submissive to her man. I do believe we are all equal and God created us for specific roles. I was just stating from my experiences women are generally nicer than men.

Hmm this got me thinking...

Kindness is a fruit of the spirit and should be shown to all regardless if they deserve it or not. Even better if they don’t cause it might be just what they need to change whatever they are going through.

I still hold my stance to respect should be earned from all even women. It’s something that I admire about that person and to get to that level we need to get to know them first.

I do understand what you are saying though. Women are the better species, men are pigs 🐷 👍

It's probably a good thing that I was not posting when this thread was started. I would have shredded the OP. I really don't like the word "deserve"; it's much overused, and IMO the only thing we humans "deserve" is judgment under a wrathful God. Fortunately, other contributors have expressed themselves with greater temperance than I would have.

There are many societal evils that are rooted at least in part in the belief that women "deserve" something from men (and owe nothing in return). Both chivalry and feminist idealogy want special treatment for women simply on the basis of gender. Neither is Christian at its core.

Instead of claiming that anyone "deserves" anything, our treatment of others should be based on our biblically-based belief that each human is made in the image of God, and the Holy Spirit in us should be manifested in kindness toward all fellow humans, male and female, without regard to gender.