There is no weaker sex, only the perception of weakness wrought by the division that the sin of the Devil had also placed between the man and his most faithful helper.
There is only man and there is only woman. And there is only man and woman joined together by God in their particular strengths to form the nucleus of every human family.
(Parity of the Sexes)
Listen,
dear Starshine -
Gender equality
does not mean parity of the sexes
in terms of physical distinction,
which is complementary by nature,
the one and the other making a whole
- the nucleus of the family -
but in terms of spiritual endowment.
For man is indeed equal to woman
in terms of human dignity
and human promise.
Man
will always have
a preferential view of woman,
this is so that man can make the world safe
for woman.
Woman
will always have
a preferential need of man,
this is so that woman can make the world less unfamiliar
for man.
These two natures work
to complement each other
- and when taken together -
bonds the human family
in bonds of freedom
and strength.
Yet both man and woman
are the image of God - in that -
their very soul contains the breath of life.
This very life gives shape to their corporeal body
to give a definite form unto a unique person - that -
being made alive in the Spirit of God as living souls
formed in our Creator's very own likeness
radiates it even as the LORD radiates it
- ever like the everlasting Light -
sustaining the living life
of all His creation.
To recognize this image
in the being of each man and woman
is to recognize the dignity of God in all Mankind
and to uphold this dignity of man and woman
is to honor the divine dignity of the LORD
(Who is Being, Whose Image IS Existence)
the one Creator of all Mankind -
and of all worlds, seen and unseen:
This is the basis of all human respect
and is the universal medium of peace.
To recognize this likeness
in the soul of each man and woman
is to recognize the presence of God on earth
(Who is THE Truth, Whose Likeness IS Life Everlasting)
and to nurture this presence in man and woman
is to love the Divine Presence of the LORD
our Holy Sustainer and one Provider - in all Creation -
this is the basis of respect for all human life
and is the universal foundation of earthly justice.
Man and woman
in their spiritual endowments
are the same - yet they are also -
created by God to be different.
To seek to understand the parity of the sexes
is to seek to know it - without opposition -
to the justice of the wisdom of God
in both the image and the likeness
of God in man and woman.
In this way
- the symmetry of its truth -
is made meaningful
to thee.
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