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Re: Respect as Women
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Originally Posted by ILG
Can you give examples of this?
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In my own experience (as both a SAHM mom and homeschooler), almost 100% of the support and resources for homeschooling have come from outside our denomination and organization. Also, I've had to defend both my choice to homeschool and stay at home with my kids to multiple UPCers/pentecostals, but rarely to secular people or people from other religions. I know quite a few men who expect their wives to work--even if they have small children--and are negative about women who choose to stay home. That may not be true of the group as a whole, but it's been my observation/experience.
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Hmm. In the defense of some, I knew of a woman who was raped by her husband and the pastor was very unsupportive, but he would never treat his wife that way. I never understood his lack of support.
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I'm sure I'm broad brushing with this one, but it does raise my hackles and make me suspicious. It seems to me that a man who is hesitant to defend a woman (or child) might be the same man who is guilty of abuse. Then again, it could be the opposite. Someone who makes a big show of defending women might easily be a hypocrite and abuser at home.
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