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Old 01-14-2008, 08:28 PM
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I know that it is a joke making fun of condescending attitudes toward intellectual women, but I do want to say that it's a shame that the idea that "men are intellectual and women are emotional" has gained a lot of footing even in the Church. Women are often not expected to know theology or even care about understanding and being able to articulate/discuss important truths merely because they're women, and such things are "for men."
Some of the women I have known are very intellectual and theological and rather emotional about being theologically intellectual.
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