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I wanted to share with y’all a blog entry written by my friend, Stephanie. I really enjoyed reading this post and felt compelled to put it up! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Thanks, Steph for an insightful and fun read.

 

a major shout out to ladies like susan b. anthony and elizabeth cady stanton for giving me the right to vote. that’s actually a big deal. but to the girls who wallow in the oppression of gender inequality? annoying. ladies, embrace the kitchen. embrace birthing children. embrace your monthly cycle. actually, i take that back. monthly cycle sucks. tmi? you already read it – sawry. seriously, embrace these aspects of being a woman. but most of all, be okay with embracing the need for guys and their dominance.

i’m all about independence, female independence WHO RUN THE WORLD? GIRLS! GIRLS! that’s my theme song – thanks, beyonce. but here is the undeniable truth: guys and girls were made out differently, and we were made out differently to do different things. and you know what? that’s totally and completely okay, because in the end, we were made to need each other.

but just what is my source for making these seemingly arbitrary claims?

the bible.

legit? i know.

and it all starts at the beginning. sup, genesis chapter dos.

⁷ Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being… ¹⁵ The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it… ¹⁸ The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

¹⁹ Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals… for Adam no suitable helper was found.  ²¹ So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. ²² Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 

²³ The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh; 
she shall be called ‘woman,’ 
for she was taken out of man.”

a couple of things:

1. “then the lord god formed a man from the dust”
man is made from dust. okay, cool. good thing there’s faith, or i’d find this completely ludicrous. also, logistically (or as logistical as you can get with faith in the mix) speaking, it happened or else none of us would be here right now. notice how god made man first, not woman. kind of like he knew how girls would need a good, strong leader to guide us, but never in a way that devalues our femininity.

2. “it is not good for a man to be alone”
WHAT? a guy needs a “helper suitable for him.” boys, god just basically said you need a lady friend. and he’s not talking about the night time ones.

3. “then the lord god made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man”
woman is made from the rib of man. my first point: rib does not equal dust. men and women were not made out of the same thing. however, my second point: woman is made from man. women, we would literally be nothing without men. and my third point: the rib. of the 206 bones in our body, god chose the rib. what the random? what about the collarbone, the hip bone, or the PHALANGES? he’s a meticulous creator, so he didn’t and doesn’t make capricious decisions. did you know that our ribs protect our heart and lungs? it functions as a cage-esque armor structure for the heart and lungs. it also serves as a place where muscles join together; these are muscles that help us breath, move, twist, and bend our bodies. but most interestingly, the rib is the only bone in the human body that has the ability to regenerate itself. and look at that. a woman is made out of these very qualities. suhweet.

to my men, it’s time for y’all to step up to the plate. feminists are annoying, but even more annoying than those girls are the guys who can’t own up to the manhood god has called them to achieve. the path has been set up for you, so take a hint from nike and just do it. i believe in you.

to my girls, we are awesome. we are great. we can do all the things, we really can. we run the world! but at the end of the day, we need guys just as much as they need us, and there’s really no changing that. besides, boys are too cute to just let them get away, so we should probably help them out a bit.

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