“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:12
Thanks for those two very good links. Your article (first link) was very worthwhile. Apart from questions of style and writing, which you seemed to be unduly concerned about, it had real substance, which is the most important thing. You pointed out the ties between feminism and gay rights and sexual degeneracy. They are all part of the same rebellion against God. I have long felt feminism and gay rights are joined at the hip, they both reinforce each other.
About votes for women, many men supported it (fewer at first, but more as time went buy). Women got the right to vote because it was given to them, and when the deed was finally done there was no real opposition. I read in a general history of that era ( THE GOOD YEARS by Walter Lord) that every year the suffragette marchers got more and more sympathy.
I do think there was a gradualism to the feminism movement and it got more extreme as time went by. "A little leaven leavens the whole loaf."
Some people did see the consequences, but many did not.
Your article also mentioned the impotence of conservatism, a very important element. That has been a consistent theme of western society since the beginning of the modern era, or at least since the mid 1800s, since which time the conservatives have lost every battle, even in the churches.
About Dabney's article the key feature was his reliance on the Bible and its teachings. It is no significance that the rise of modernism and the parallel rise of feminism directly parallel the decline of Scriptural Christianity. The loss of faith in God robbed conservatism of its inner strength, leaving it only with cultural habits and memories that could not withstand the corrosive forced of secularism and modernism.
A lot of the problems feminism has wrought was seeded by the Suffragists, I wrote about it a little https://open.substack.com/pub/zoomersojourner/p/slippin-down-the-slippery-slope?r=1z0b3w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I took inspiration from RL Dabney whose piece on Women’s rights is a must read https://www.covenanter.org/reformed/2016/5/22/womens-rights-women
Thanks for those two very good links. Your article (first link) was very worthwhile. Apart from questions of style and writing, which you seemed to be unduly concerned about, it had real substance, which is the most important thing. You pointed out the ties between feminism and gay rights and sexual degeneracy. They are all part of the same rebellion against God. I have long felt feminism and gay rights are joined at the hip, they both reinforce each other.
About votes for women, many men supported it (fewer at first, but more as time went buy). Women got the right to vote because it was given to them, and when the deed was finally done there was no real opposition. I read in a general history of that era ( THE GOOD YEARS by Walter Lord) that every year the suffragette marchers got more and more sympathy.
I do think there was a gradualism to the feminism movement and it got more extreme as time went by. "A little leaven leavens the whole loaf."
Some people did see the consequences, but many did not.
Your article also mentioned the impotence of conservatism, a very important element. That has been a consistent theme of western society since the beginning of the modern era, or at least since the mid 1800s, since which time the conservatives have lost every battle, even in the churches.
About Dabney's article the key feature was his reliance on the Bible and its teachings. It is no significance that the rise of modernism and the parallel rise of feminism directly parallel the decline of Scriptural Christianity. The loss of faith in God robbed conservatism of its inner strength, leaving it only with cultural habits and memories that could not withstand the corrosive forced of secularism and modernism.