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FEMINISM, EQUALITY AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN What is Feminism? Feminism is an ideological movement that seeks to achieve equality between men and women. The argument centers around the fact that women have historically faced systemic disadvantages and discrimination, and the movement sought to remove those barriers in areas such as legal rights, political representation, economic opportunity, education, social and cultural values. For example, in the 19th century, women weren’t allowed to vote. The feminist movement fought against this and eventually helped secure women’s right to vote in the 20th century. In the 1960s, the feminist movement stood against workplace discrimination towards women, advocating for equal pay and workplace rights. Then, from the 2010s into the years that followed, the movement became heavily focused on sexual harassment, sexual violence and violations against women. This was what the Feminist Movement was largely made up for: Fighting for the political, ideological and social rights of women. And whether you agree with feminism or not, many of these objectives were successfully supported, enacted and normalized. This was cool. It was consistent. Then something happened. The feminist movement stopped being simply a movement for women’s rights and became increasingly radicalized. A particular version of feminism began to strongly reject male authority in marriage entirely. Radical feminism views traditional marriage, and particularly the idea of male leadership in the home, as a core tool of patriarchal oppression. The argument is that any hierarchical structure where a man holds final authority is inherently unjust and therefore must be dismantled. And this is where things get interesting. Some of the key positions are: Marriage should be fully egalitarian. Equal power. Equal decision-making. No default male leadership. You want the authority of a man and the benefits of a woman simultaneously. 😂 The modern woman is delusional. 😂 And before you start typing, hear me out. Because I think this entire thing started much earlier than the 20th century. It started in the Garden of Eden. Let’s go back. The Serpent approached the woman and said: “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” Eve explained that they could eat from the trees, except the tree in the middle of the garden. She said God had told them not to eat it or touch it, lest they die. Then the serpent said: “You will not surely die.” And then came the real sales pitch: “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Read that again. “You will be like God.” That was the key temptation. Not simply: “Eat this fruit.” The deeper proposition was: You can have what God has. You can become like Him. You can possess the knowledge of good and evil. You can operate from a position that looks more like God’s position. The key selling point of the devil to the woman was EQUALITY. “You will be like God.” Guess what? She took the fall. She defied God because she wanted what God had: POWER. And that power came in the form of being like Him. Then she took the fruit and gave it to her husband, and bro ate it too. 😂 Now, notice something. The Feminist movement isn’t necessarily about superiority to men, at least not yet. At the core of its philosophy, much of it is about equality. And that takes us right back to Eden. When their cover was blown, God came looking for them. And God asked the MAN: “Where are you?” Eventually, Adam was confronted about the fruit. But here’s the question: Why did God address Adam first? Why didn’t God say: “Well, men and women are equal, so let me just ask Eve first?” Why Adam? Why was Adam held responsible? Because the man represents something that modern feminism fundamentally challenges: AUTHORITY!

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