Feminist author Naomi Wolf:
I am not advocating a return to the days of hiding female sexuality, but I am noting that the power and charge of sex are maintained when there is some sacredness to it, when it is not on tap all the time. In many more traditional cultures, it is not prudery that leads them to discourage men from looking at pornography. It is, rather, because these cultures understand male sexuality and what it takes to keep men and women turned on to one another over time—to help men, in particular, to, as the Old Testament puts it, “rejoice with the wife of thy youth; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times.” These cultures urge men not to look at porn because they know that a powerful erotic bond between parents is a key element of a strong family.
Well said.
(HT: Covenant Eyes Blog)
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This is a common thought that crops up in third wave feminists that is worth recognizing. (Another example being Feminists for Life, the anti-abortion 501-C3)
Carolyn McCulley discusses the difference between 2nd and 3rd Wave Feminism in her book Radical Womanhood. There are numerous resources available for researching the topic.
I think it helps to understand the different waves or facets of 'feminism' so we can better engage women outside of the church.
Third wave feminism is not lock-step pro-abortion, for instance, but rather highly critical of abortion as a modernist and male-created institution that disrespects women.
I remember during a women's studies course that I took at college about eight years ago, I led a discussion about a young woman's story that was included in our textbook. She described the experience of having an abortion in such a dreadful, sterile way that 39 of the 40 young women by the end of our class agreed that abortion was anti-feminist. Interesting...
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