Randy, I think I understand what you're saying. I don't stress out about hurting feelings etc. when I disagree with a man. It's very difficult to bring myself to contradict other women because there is whole different layer of emotion involved. Maybe this is because I'm also a woman and men feel the same pressure with men, I don't know. They don't seem to.

I wanted to clarify that I didn't say what I said to try to say women are not very great or anything. I (obviously) think it's silly for people to discount women's opinions. But I think it's easy - at least it was for me- to slip into error on the other side thinking that women are equal to men therefore they are equally intellectual and so feeling superior or undervaluing the many women who would rather knit a cap for a premature baby while praying for it in their spare time than sit down to some intellectual pursuit. Or denying that these women exist in hordes and are the backbone of many godly homes and happy childhoods, in order to think women are equal. Why should a more practical or emotional motivation be less valuable in the whole spectrum of things than a more intellectual one?

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Heidi
Indianapolis, Indiana

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