Marriage and Men (20 of 30)
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 3:7
In Peter's first letter - a letter that we have been focusing on since May of 2008 - Peter tells men that right living will help them pray. Peter tells us that our prayers can be clogged by how we treat our wives. This is an especially important commandment in our day for the definitions of men and marriage are up in the air.
FOR THE FIRST TIME in its history, Western civilization is confronted with the need to define the meaning of the terms ''marriage'' and ''family.'' What until now has been considered a ''normal'' family, made up of a father, a mother, and a number of children, has in recent years increasingly begun to be viewed as one among several options. Yet, this normal definition of family can no longer claimed to be the only definition of family or even a superior form of ordering human relationships. Yet, this redefinition of masculinity is set against the backdrop of a significant culture change that has spanned the past three decades. The rate of working women more than doubled in the latter half of the twentieth century. In 1977, 78 percent of Americans thought that preschoolers suffer if their mothers work; less than twenty years later, in 1993, only 45 percent of Americans thought so. In 1997, 76 percent of Americans believed that it was better for the man to work outside the home and for the woman to focus on the care of the home and family. By 1993, only 37 percent of Americans held that view. The gender revolution has made significant strides. Yet the feminist movement thinks the revolution has stalled. Paula England and Arlie Hochschild point out that most of the gender inequality now takes place inside the home. It is in the private world of the home that man fail to do their responsibility. According to these two scholars, women's work outside the home is burdened by their devotion to the children inside the home. Because of this excessive toll, they are cal ...
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 3:7
In Peter's first letter - a letter that we have been focusing on since May of 2008 - Peter tells men that right living will help them pray. Peter tells us that our prayers can be clogged by how we treat our wives. This is an especially important commandment in our day for the definitions of men and marriage are up in the air.
FOR THE FIRST TIME in its history, Western civilization is confronted with the need to define the meaning of the terms ''marriage'' and ''family.'' What until now has been considered a ''normal'' family, made up of a father, a mother, and a number of children, has in recent years increasingly begun to be viewed as one among several options. Yet, this normal definition of family can no longer claimed to be the only definition of family or even a superior form of ordering human relationships. Yet, this redefinition of masculinity is set against the backdrop of a significant culture change that has spanned the past three decades. The rate of working women more than doubled in the latter half of the twentieth century. In 1977, 78 percent of Americans thought that preschoolers suffer if their mothers work; less than twenty years later, in 1993, only 45 percent of Americans thought so. In 1997, 76 percent of Americans believed that it was better for the man to work outside the home and for the woman to focus on the care of the home and family. By 1993, only 37 percent of Americans held that view. The gender revolution has made significant strides. Yet the feminist movement thinks the revolution has stalled. Paula England and Arlie Hochschild point out that most of the gender inequality now takes place inside the home. It is in the private world of the home that man fail to do their responsibility. According to these two scholars, women's work outside the home is burdened by their devotion to the children inside the home. Because of this excessive toll, they are cal ...
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