Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lionti@ecs.umass.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should a wife work outside the home? Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 90 08:12:38 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 47 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu arm@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Alexander d Macalalad) writes: > In article gross@dg-rtp.dg.com (Gene Gross) writes: >>Is there Biblical reason to believe that a woman should not work outside >>the home? [Most of Alex's excellent post cut for brevity] > I think that it is folly to suggest that God wants all women to stay at home. > Women have made tremendous contributions outside the home. Mother Teresa is > but one example. I certainly agree with this, but I have a problem with the next statement, the tone of which is often used by "women's rights" groups to distort the picture (as I see it, of course) > To chain women back at home would not only destroy the dignity > of women, but also would rob society of the contribution of half of the > population. "chain"??? women at home "destroy the dignity" of women "rob society of the contribution of half of the population" These kinds of terms are inflammitory and I belive denigrate the "contribution" of half of the population. Does caring for children and making a good home destroy someones dignity? Is caring for children a useless "contribution to society"? I believe that these are THE MOST IMPORTANT contributions that a person can make to society. Society has twisted things such that it better rewards materialism and hedonism, but to correct the problem, you don't make things better by having women be just as materialistic and power hungry as men. Granted, I'm being idealistic, but I think we can allow women to be "full members of society" without putting down the main occupation women have held throughout time. Instead we should lift it up to the level of recognition it deserves. NOT mean as a flame on Alex, as I thought the rest of his post was very good. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric C. McClure | "Equal Rights for Unborn Women" | lionti@umaecs.bitnet | | Standard Disclaimer | -seen on bumper sticker | -------------------------------------------------------------------------