Many of you with a religious background will know that Genesis records the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib because Adam needed a “helpmeet” or counterpart with whom he could relate (up to that point there were just animals roaming around).
It is very easy for religious people to jump from the Genesis record to the idea that women only exist to make men’s lives easier, and have no distinct purpose of their own outside pleasing their husbands and bearing his children (a position that, as we discussed in episode #7 of Drunk Ex-Pastors, Mark Driscoll appears to hold).
Have any thoughts on this? If you’re a female, got any horror stories to share?
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Hi,
I just found your podcast and listened to my first (this) episode. I really enjoyed the discussion! There is something I want to add regarding the car metaphor. I don’t think that it’s a good way of thinking about the problem, simply because a car is an object-not a person. If someone takes precaution and locks their doors or hides valuables in their trunk, nobody is being affected. A car, conveniently, doesn’t even know the difference. But if a woman chooses not to wear something she wants to wear as a safety measure, she would be inhibiting her desires out of fear. If she were to do so, she would be affirming to herself that the possibility of what someone COULD do to her is more important than her own desires.
Hi Mary,
Thanks for your comment, and I’m glad you’re enjoying the podcast!
I agree. And I assume you’d agree with me that we shouldn’t have to live in a world where a woman is forced to think that hard about her wardrobe. But the point I was making is that we do unfortunately live in this kind of world, and until that changes, she will have to make this kind of unfair choice. Similarly, I should be able to live in a country where I can walk down any road at night without fear of violence. But since I don’t, I need to employ street-smarts along with the liberties I do have.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jason
I’ve said this before elsewhere: should a cartoonist think twice about publishing a satire of some public figure out of fear that he’ll be taken hostage? Maybe, but then he’d immediately grow a pair, stick it to the terrorists and publish it anyway. Then the rest of the WORLD would have his back if anything unpleasant happened to him. Explain how a woman’s right to be seen is any different.
PS, I love your podcast