According to my professor, if you are a woman, you can thank a feminist for the following liberties:

*the right to vote
*the right to access contraceptives
*the right to work outside the home
*the right to receive equal pay for equal work
*the right to refuse sex, even with your husband
*the right to receive a higher education
*the right to have access to a safe, legal abortion
*the right to be able to participate in sports
*the right to hold a political office
*the right to choose any career of interest
*the right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace
*the right to enter into legal and financial transactions
*the right to study women's lives and experiences

Although the feminist movement has provided some great opportunities for women in modern society, it has also done some major damage to society's view on traditional gender roles. As a result, families and homes all over America are in a state of serious crisis. Husbands are being plowed over by their manipulative, domineering wives. Children are wondering why they have two mommies and where their daddy is. Little boys are being encouraged by society to explore their "feminine side." These are just a few examples of how the feminist movement has directly effected the institutions of marriage and family. Obviously, there are a lot of ideas encapsulated by feminism that are in direct conflict with the Biblical view of marriage, family, and gender roles. As Christians, I believe we should actively refute the negative characteristics of the feminist movement in order to preserve the sacred institutions of marriage and family.

Isaiah 58:10-11

If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Many times throughout the Christian life we may find ourselves in dark pits and feel as if there is no way out. No matter what the cicumstance, trial, trouble, or woe...we not only have spiritual weapons (the Word and prayer) to deliver our souls...but these verses in Isaiah describe a very practical way to find joy again: invest in the lives of others and "your gloom (will) be as the noonday." Even if we don't feel we have anything to give...the Christian always has something to give-- Christ Jesus. Pray that God will give you the will to get up out of bed and help someone today. He will give us the grace and power we need to do it. All we have to do is ask with a genuine and willing heart. He will never deny anything good from those who love him, and it is surely good to care for others.

2 Corinthians 7:9
Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this Godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done!

Oh, that I may view my own transgressions with such a sober state of mind!

My name is Pride. I am a cheater. I cheat you of your God-given destiny...because you demand your own way. I cheat you of contentment...because "you deserve better than this." I cheat you of knowledge...because you already know it all. I cheat you of healing...because you're too full of me to forgive. I cheat you of holiness...because you refuse to admit when you're wrong. I cheat you of vision...because you'd rather look in the mirror than out a window. I cheat you of genuine friendship...because nobody's going to know the real you. I cheat you of love...because real romance demands sacrifice. I cheat you of God's glory...because I convince you to seek your own. My name is Pride. I am a cheater. You like me because you think I'm always looking out for you. Untrue. I'm looking to make a fool of you. God has so much for you, I admit, but don't worry...if you stick with me, you'll never know.

I'm taking a required summer course at UofL on Women's Studies. By the title alone I knew I was in for a rough 5 weeks. "Rough" is an understatement after completing the first two days of class. I would not really classify myself as an angry person, but this course makes me rage! I get so upset listening to my professor try to persuade us to adopt her distorted view of women. I guess the underlying reason for my anger is because feminism is so contrary to the Biblical view of womanhood. More to come on anti-feminism soon...