Are Holiness Standards People Chauvinistic?

notofworks · #1 07-01-2010, 05:05 PM

Here's the deal...

Last week I saw a husband and wife. They are a strong part of an OP organization. He was looking like a million bucks. Very fashionable. He's very good looking and could have stepped straight onto the cover of GQ magazine and they wouldn't have had to change him one bit.

His wife? Well, that's another story. While being attractive herself, she VERY MUCH SO had "The Look." For her, there are NO options.

I'm just wondering....why do almost all the rules apply to the women? Cut hair, earrings, jewelry, makeup, pants, on and on and on. The guys? They get off just about unscathed.

You tell me.....when you see a UPC (or similar) couple in public, how can you tell they're UPC? By looking at the guy? No way. You KNOW it's from the look the women has. A UPC guy could walk around NYC for years and never be identified. A women? She's spotted in seconds. And I think that's chauvinistic.

I've never played the "cult card" on the UPC...don't think that's fair. But let's face it, one of the measuring sticks frequently used for a cult, is the "suppression of women."

So what do you think?

NOTE: This is an old thread but it was placed in some remote area and I wanted to bump it

Cindy · #2 07-01-2010, 05:20 PM

Nature itself teaches us that the male is suppose to be better looking than the female. Lions have the mane, peacocks have the thingy tail feathers, etc......

Mirth1981 · #3 07-01-2010, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cindy

Nature itself teaches us that the male is suppose to be better looking than the female. Lions have the mane, peacocks have the thingy tail feathers, etc......

I'm not understanding what this has to do with the subject? Are you saying that because men should naturally be better looking then women, that is why there are so many restrictions on women in church organizations regarding their appearance? So that they don't exceed the men's attractiveness? I hope you can clarify.

notofworks · #4 07-01-2010, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cindy

Nature itself teaches us that the male is suppose to be better looking than the female. Lions have the mane, peacocks have the thingy tail feathers, etc......

You're joking, right?

MissBrattified · #5 07-01-2010, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Cindy

Nature itself teaches us that the male is suppose to be better looking than the female. Lions have the mane, peacocks have the thingy tail feathers, etc......

MawMaw · #6 07-01-2010, 05:27 PM

Notofworks, I don't hear any of my holiness friends complaining of being suppressed because of the way they don't cut their hair, or don't wear pants, or makeup, or jewelry. Why do you have this assumption?

Mirth1981 · #7 07-01-2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by notofworks

You're joking, right?

Oh, maybe she was just joking...I thought she was serious...

notofworks · #8 07-01-2010, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacey

Notofworks, I don't hear any of my holiness friends complaining of being suppressed because of the way they don't cut their hair, or don't wear pants, or makeup, or jewelry. Why do you have this assumption?

Uhhh.....there's a reason they don't complain. They can't. And if they do, no one can find out. And if someone finds out, they're in BIG trouble. Hmmm....wonder if that has anything to do with it?

notofworks · #9 07-01-2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirth1981

Oh, maybe she was just joking...I thought she was serious...

Well, I mean, I hope she was joking. You never know here on AFF!

MawMaw · #10 07-01-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by notofworks

Uhhh.....there's a reason they don't complain. They can't. And if they do, no one can find out. And if someone finds out, they're in BIG trouble. Hmmm....wonder if that has anything to do with it?

Sure they can, if they want to. Again, why is it your assumption that we are unhappy with how we look? Holiness women are the most beautiful women in all the world bar none!