Women's Rights vs. Feminism
While feminists say that they are certainly fighting for women's rights, however they really are too blind to see the difference between them just as Athaliah was blinded by her love for power that she killed her own family to secure the throne for herself. So where is the difference between them? As said men can never be like women and vice versa like how men are poor multitaskers compared to women yet they usually make better leaders. So how are we going to differentiate women's rights vs. feminism? Here are they:
I. Women's Rights
Women's rights believe that wives should submit to their husbands in exchange that husbands must ALSO love their wives (Ephesians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:18-19). That is, they believe in mutual submission and understanding. The husband is the head of the household, they believe they must submit to the husband but the husband must also love the wife. That is there is a degree of respect for authority in here.
Here's what the late Presbyterian pastor, Matthew Henry would write in his commentary and quotes on the matter to which also separates Islam from Christianity when it comes to the husband-wife relationship:
- "The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved."
- "The duty of wives is submission to their husbands in the Lord which includes honoring and obeying them from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives." (Excerpt from commentary for Ephesians 5:22-33)
- "Submission is the duty of the wives. But it is submission not to a severe lord or a stern tyrant but to her own husband who is engaged in affectionate duty. And husbands must love their wives with tender and faithful affection." (Except from commentary for Colossians 3:18-25.
II. Feminist View
On the other hand the feminist has the stand that to submit to one's husband or for the husband to exercise dictatorship. It's most likely that Athaliah would not submit- Jehoram was henpecked for sure. The feminist wants to usurp the authority of the man, says that women are supposed to be equal to men when that is not true. A servant is no equal to his master but certain equity is the rule of fairness. For the feminist, a woman can do anything a man can when that is not true. They are but bloated heads who would consider God to be a control freak, that submission to husbands is acceptance of unjust slavery and like Athaliah, they are most likely to endorse and be proud of abortions. If Athaliah had no qualms killing her own grandsons to keep herself in power, many feminists are also proud of their abortions too which is MURDER. As said, planned parenthood is really planned Herodhood. They are just as guilty of not having give and take as much as the abusive husbands. If there are battered wives, there are also battered husbands. Feminism is just as evil as Islam's giving the husbands the right to beat up their wives!
The idea of the feminist is that also the wife MUST contribute to household income and not just the husband. It's definitely OKAY for the woman to take a part-time job but she is to be full time mother. However it's definitely wrong for the wife to be working abroad for dollars or euro, whatever... especially in the Filipino environment where overseas workers are common when the husband is earning money well. It can be understood if the husband is a bum, a marital separation happened, the husband is disabled... that would lead the mother to do the supporting role BUT if the husband is earning legitimate money, the wife then should NEVER take jobs that would separate her from her children like being a flight attendant. It also sickens me to read of stories of flight attendant wives who have not only cheated on their husbands but have also wrecked the families of others by becoming the third party resulting in a double adultery jeopardy. Adultery in the part she cheats her husband and two, adultery in the part she steals another woman's husband. Then what could happen is that these feminists wreck both their families and the family of the man she's dating with just for the sake of extra income resulting in the children lacking the guidance they need.