Something we need to remember. A victim of rape or any sexual assault or sexual abuse is innocent. They are the victim. They are NOT complicit in the crime committed against them. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/rape-sin Continue reading Rape Is A Sin | Commonweal Magazine
I found this article surfing Twitter (I don’t have a Twitter account and won’t be getting one). I think it’s relevant in this day and age, especially how purity culture and dualism have infected how Catholics think about sex and marriage. Purity culture is NOT Catholic but in infestation of puritanical Protestantism. The author isn’t … Continue reading From Ezer Rising: Women Are Not Like Ketchup Packets
It all started with Martin Luther. You know, that guy. The one who started the Protestant Reformation. Or more accurately, the loss of millions of souls to man made heresy. He started the redefinition of marriage saying it was not a sacrament and even allowing polygamy (Defenders of the Faith). Protestantism opened the door for … Continue reading Some of the Road to “Gay Marriage”
Deleted post due to the fact that I think the topic needs more research, well citations, on my part and all of these books are at the public library or online. It’s something I see but I’m not sure I can convince others of. But these books have influenced my thinking in the regards to … Continue reading How We Got “Gay Marriage”
“Over the course of a decade or so, a large swath of America decided that two millennia of Christian teaching on marriage and sexuality were simply out of date. This leap came first; the rationalization trailed behind…[By] 1970 many more people wanted to believe these arguments because of the new sexual possibilities associates with the … Continue reading Bad Religion : Quotes
I started this as a reply to geoffhorswood on my last post, lost my reply after I went to look something up, and then decided to turn it into a post to give myself more space. First, I think the big issue is that modesty and dress standards seen to be inordinately focused on girls … Continue reading Boys and Girls Shouldn’t Be So Modest
Yes, the title is provocative but it’s also true. Two, no, three different blog posts I read on WordPress Reader TODAY have mentioned modesty and how girls dress. Girls not even teens but prepubescent girls. The first post was under the Catholic tag and was about modesty. Anytime religion or faith enters into a discussion … Continue reading Girls Are Sex Objects (And You Better Treat Them That Way)
Yep, two more reblogs that have to do with girls and consumer culture. Plus expectations we have for girls and women. The first deals with Disney and how those shows are influencing girls to be cruel, bullies, and buy into a sexist, demeaning stereotype that girls only want to be seen as pretty and that … Continue reading More Reblogging
IndeedIAm Disney has been ruining my kid…. a job I can do quite well on my own, thank you. I know, it sounds drastic. Don’t worry, I am not going to launch into a ridiculous diatribe about how Frozen has a hidden gay agenda (huge eye roll) or is turning my girls in to glittery, … Continue reading Disney is Ruining My Kid.
Reblogging that is. My previous post on girls and the color pink is so apropos and so illustrative of the changes and the overwhelming influence consumer culture has on the development of boys and girls. The US is the only country that permits unlimited advertising to children. Children are bombarded will consumerist materialism and are … Continue reading First Time
http://m.theweek.com/article.php?id=256259 So I found this article a couple of weeks ago and was a not surprised that it actually managed to get things nearly right. It’s also been a couple of weeks since I read it so I might be a little off. What I find interesting is that lately I have found more articles … Continue reading 5 misconceptions about Catholics and abortion
http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/being-against-gay-marriage-doesnt-make-you-a-homophobe/282333/ The author makes a good point especially now words like homophobe and hate get thrown around especially when some one doesn’t tow the party line of “gay should be celebrated and worshipped and anyone who disagrees or doesn’t comply or isn’t gay must automatically hate gays and so much be called names and shouted … Continue reading Being Against Gay Marriage Doesn’t Make You a Homophobe – Atlantic Mobile
Well, not much really. I had planned on going to the library again today to work on sending out cover letters and resumes but then my digestive system decided to revolt. At least this time I managed to knock out the pain with the heating pad. I didn’t want to spend an hour and a … Continue reading And Then…?
I had to write this out with paper and own because I was in such a bad headspace earlier. I write this in just over an hour with several crying jags and moments of extreme anger that resulted with me hitting myself. Like I said, not a good headspace. Today is one of my bad … Continue reading Writing A Bad Day
I called the phone number on the notice about the notice for a hearing. It takes 10 weeks before the hearing notice goes out! At least I still have seven more weeks at this point and I can find a job by then. And I still need to call the lawyer. I did get up … Continue reading Early yet 10 More
This post on Darcy’s Heartstrings is a wonderful exploration of the fact that modesty teachings also hurt men. I’m glad there are people out there who recognize this and are pointing it out. http://darcysheartstirrings.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-modesty-teachings-hurt-men-too.html I bring all these things up (this post and the previous) because they can be part of the multitude of reasons … Continue reading Follow up: Men Get Hurt by Modesty too
Because you know everytime a man sins it’s a woman’s fault. Especially when it comes to modesty, purity, dress, sex, etc. The link here from Wordgazer’s Words is so spot on about how (in this case) evangelicals (and Catholics do it to) misinteprete Scripture to blame women when men lust after them. She points out … Continue reading Modesty and the Catholic/Christian Need to Blame Women
That’s work. Actually it’s more like bullies are us or you are just a fuckin’ woman so you have to do our bidding because we’re perfectly awesome men with long fucking penises which you should be in awe of and want to bow down and worship and suck because we are gods. Yes I am … Continue reading Harassers R Us
I finally get to go back on my medication. I went to the doctor this morning and found out that I should have been able to pick up the next phase in my medication but it wasn’t made clear to me. It totally sucked to find that out. It also sucked to find out that … Continue reading Darkness and Light
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