First, let me say hello and that I know it has been a long while since I have posted anything, but I just really have had no desire or drive to write anything really thought provoking. Today though I've got the spark and so I will share.
A few minutes ago I was reading a blog post on the Boundless blog about Bromances. Just a few things to clarify before getting into the meat of my thoughts. For those wondering what Boundless is, it is a Christian singles website and blog that offers up advice and articles on Christian singleness, dating, marriage, etc. It is very good and I highly recommend it. Next you may be wondering what a bromance is according to Wikipedia (I know awesome source right) it is a "close, but 'non-sexual' relationship between two males" The article in itself was describing this recent trend in male relationship and was struggling to understand really what this new trend was all about. Of course many many many people wrote in explaining what it was and that they were kind of uncomfortable with this growing phenomenon of effeminate male behavior and all I could do was shake may head and laugh to myself.
You see, for years (yes even in the Christian circles and Churches) we have been telling our men that they need to listen more, be more sensitive, openly express their emotions...basically be more like a woman. So then is it wonder that now we have an entire generation of men that are openly emotional and sensitive. People come on! And the reverse is happening as well. As one commenter pointed their are women who have picked up some more masculine traits. To me this is a bit alarming and disturbing. As a society/culture we are destroying the unique male/female traits that God designed each gender with. We are telling our men that they need to step out of their emotional stupor and begin to emote more freely and as they have done so women have found it more and more necessary to take on a masculine role. Instead of celebrating the femininity that beautifully defines a woman and the bruiting masculinity that defines a man we have meshed them together into a sort of Hodge podge of both sexes and come out with bromancing girlie men and butt slapping manly women. It is time to wake and see the damage we are doing to both sexes. Women, we need to recognize that men are not women; they burp and fart and punch each other and act really tough and guess what that is okay because that is how God designed them. Now men, if you want the women to stop acting so emotionally sterile and carrying on some of the cruder male actions then it is time to step up and act like men. We don't want to assume the role, but someone has had too. SO boys and girls let's start acting like boys and girls should, let's stop trying to make one into the other and let's start celebrating our gender differences and recognizing them as reflection of God's image within each of us.
A few minutes ago I was reading a blog post on the Boundless blog about Bromances. Just a few things to clarify before getting into the meat of my thoughts. For those wondering what Boundless is, it is a Christian singles website and blog that offers up advice and articles on Christian singleness, dating, marriage, etc. It is very good and I highly recommend it. Next you may be wondering what a bromance is according to Wikipedia (I know awesome source right) it is a "close, but 'non-sexual' relationship between two males" The article in itself was describing this recent trend in male relationship and was struggling to understand really what this new trend was all about. Of course many many many people wrote in explaining what it was and that they were kind of uncomfortable with this growing phenomenon of effeminate male behavior and all I could do was shake may head and laugh to myself.
You see, for years (yes even in the Christian circles and Churches) we have been telling our men that they need to listen more, be more sensitive, openly express their emotions...basically be more like a woman. So then is it wonder that now we have an entire generation of men that are openly emotional and sensitive. People come on! And the reverse is happening as well. As one commenter pointed their are women who have picked up some more masculine traits. To me this is a bit alarming and disturbing. As a society/culture we are destroying the unique male/female traits that God designed each gender with. We are telling our men that they need to step out of their emotional stupor and begin to emote more freely and as they have done so women have found it more and more necessary to take on a masculine role. Instead of celebrating the femininity that beautifully defines a woman and the bruiting masculinity that defines a man we have meshed them together into a sort of Hodge podge of both sexes and come out with bromancing girlie men and butt slapping manly women. It is time to wake and see the damage we are doing to both sexes. Women, we need to recognize that men are not women; they burp and fart and punch each other and act really tough and guess what that is okay because that is how God designed them. Now men, if you want the women to stop acting so emotionally sterile and carrying on some of the cruder male actions then it is time to step up and act like men. We don't want to assume the role, but someone has had too. SO boys and girls let's start acting like boys and girls should, let's stop trying to make one into the other and let's start celebrating our gender differences and recognizing them as reflection of God's image within each of us.
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