#complementarianism — Public Fediverse posts

Christian gender roles are a consensual power exchange roleplay. Except sometimes they're not consensual.

#kink #bdsm #fundamentalism #complementarianism #tradWives

Hegseth linked to Archconservative church network | Newsline

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed …
#UnitedStates #US #USA #abrahamicreligions #christiandenominationalfamilies #christianorganizations #Christianity #communionofreformedevangelicalchurches #complementarianism #Død #pastor #patriarchy #pentagon #petehegseth #protestantdenominationalfamilies #protestantism #Religión #SecretaryofDefense
https://www.europesays.com/2334388/

“Everything from birth control to condoms to IVF would have been immoral in the world I grew up in. They all resemble an attempt to play God, to take control over our bodies, our fertility, the number of our children. … A woman who tried to control her own body was a woman who hated families, hated herself, hated God” (pp. 215-6).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“Patriarchy thrives anywhere men are praised for their will to dominate – and Christian patriarchy blesses this pursuit of earthly power by imagining it's a heavenly duty. Like abuse, Christian patriarchy, at its core, is about power and control – at any cost” (p. 212).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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Instead I wish they would say, ‘That was wrong.’ I wish they could acknowledge how they are tied to a broader group of people, that they would seek accountability and justice instead of washing their hands clean of the so-called bad apples” (p. 200).

“I am not the prodigal, and I am never returning to my father” (p. 202).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“When I tell my story, some Christians will say, ‘That wasn't really Christian. Your church wasn't really Christian.’ It's easier to call my story an anomaly than to face the reality that Christians have caused both great good and great harm. But that only perpetuates the problem, and the harm. (continued in /15)

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“For a long time after leaving the Christian patriarchy movement, I still went to church, wanting to hold on to a divinity that loves me, while throwing away all that has harmed me. But the very experience of being inside a church building, interacting with people who seem to have no problems with church and no questions about God, became too much for me” (p. 197).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“I was raised on a fundamentalism that kept me thinking in binaries. We were ‘us,’ and the world was ‘them.’ You were either evil or good; There was no fence-sitting” (p. 194).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“He was a reader of our diaries, a listener to our phone calls. He controlled every aspect of our lives. He found a home in the Christian patriarchy movement because that justified this control. Perhaps authoritarianism was the outcome of his own anxiety or insecurity. Maybe he would have joined any group if it meant he could be in charge” (p. 176).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“According to Dad, I was a rebellious, sinful, disobedient feminist – the worst insult he could imagine. I've grown up hearing things like feminists want to be free from the family, feminists destroy families.

I worried that it might be true, that I was killing my family” (p. 132).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“On Facebook and blogs, I found stories of homeschoolers who had survived abuse. Reading their stories was like reading my own” (p. 123).

“I had been told so many times that I needed to submit to my father no matter what, that I mistook his abuse and control over my life for love” (p. 124).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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Slowly words surfaced, coalescing into a description of my reality: control, authoritarianism, manipulation, coercion, abuse (p. 122).

“I didn't know what to do when I found out that spiritual abuse was using God and the Bible to control someone, that my father had shamed me into submission by telling me I was sinful if I made decisions for myself” (p. 123).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism #gender
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“My father would make me try on clothes for him to approve, and he would often scan my body, look over my shoulder down at my top, check my him and neckline to ensure I was covered, my curves unseen, my skin hidden” (p. 66).

“When Matthew’s letters came in the mail, my father would open them and read them first, to make sure there was nothing inappropriate or overly emotional in them” (p. 84).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #complementarianism
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I'm sharing some passages from the book that struck me as insightful:

“I am calling this a movement because Christian patriarchy is an ideology that cuts across many Protestant denominations. Some might call it a cult, a high-control group ruled by hierarchy and oppression” (p. 4).

“Cover up. This was one of the first rules I learned” (p. 9).

#Christian #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #gender #complementarianism
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“What if the real discussion behind #cbmw #dansverstatement #complementarianism is actually, "How much does salvation really change?"

What is the real effect of salvation? Is it just spiritual and otherworldly, or does it permeate the world and human relationships?” – Rebekah Mui

From: https://x.com/muirebekah/status/1788422767957725189?s=58&t=MkVauNX5LGdPVdVl-jWiZA

"The most-read Baptist News Global analysis pieces in 2023 focused on patriarchy and complementarianism, LGBTQ inclusion, fundamentalism and Christian nationalism."

~ Jeff Brumley

The article offers a list of the top 20 pieces at Baptist News Global this year, ranked by the number of readers each had.

#patriarchy #complementarianism #gender #LGBTQ #fundamentalism #ChristianNationalism #churches

https://baptistnews.com/article/most-read-analysis-pieces-addressed-patriarchy-complementarianism-lgbtq-inclusion-and-christian-nationalism/

A “Biblical” wife is supposed to “submit” to her husband in the same way the Church submits to Christ. The wife is his “subject” and he is her king and lord. He is like a god to her.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/what-is-biblical-marriage-and-why-can-t-same-sex-marriage-be-biblical-12bb71874718?sk=b2baffbd161428b6bc2484eff97005ec

#LGBTQ #Marriage #Misogyny #MarriageEquality #Complementarianism

Barbie and Ken make us question these assumptions about biology-based gender roles and male dominance and female subordination, and about the way many religious groups now want to depict biology-determined gender roles and the male right to rul as the very heart of religion — when it's not.

#Barbie #gender #GenderRoles #MaleDomination #MalePrivilege #complementarianism #complementarity
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It's all about the complementarianism, the belief that male and female roles are biologically determined, with a creator God determining that males are dominant and females are submissive, males meant to rule and run things and females to obey and submit — and Barbie and Ken run smack up against all these assumptions.

#Barbie #gender #GenderRoles #MaleDomination #MalePrivilege #complementarianism #complementarity
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Rick Pidcock, who grew up in a right-wing white evangelical family and was forbidden to watch "Toy Story" because its trailer featured a group of bikini-clad Barbies, explains why the patriarchy is hyperventilating over Barbie.

#Barbie #gender #GenderRoles #MaleDomination #MalePrivilege #complementarianism #complementarity
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https://baptistnews.com/article/why-the-patriarchy-is-hyperventilating-over-barbie/

"I don’t think the two studies side-by-side are unconnected or simply coincidental. There are threads between them. They are of a piece, a single, smothering cloth.

It is no fun watching people undo your liberation, especially when you are young."

#misogyny #WhiteChristianNationalism #patriarchy #gender #complementarianism

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White Christian nationalist ideology comprises a notion called complementarianism developed by right-wing Christians in response to the rise of feminism in the latter half of the 20th century.

Complementarianism stresses that males and females have complementary roles, and the female role is to be subordinate to males.

#misogyny #WhiteChristianNationalism #patriarchy #gender #complementarianism

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