Patriarchy Tends to Sexualize All Male/Female Relationships
This is certainly a topic I have discussed on this blog before.
(Link): Three Ways Patriarchy is Bad for Men
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….Patriarchy tends to sexualize all male/female relationships
Married men in complementarian Christian circles are often encouraged to avoid interactions with women other than their wives. Single men are sometimes discouraged from having friendships with women unless they want to pursue a dating relationship. Women are envisioned as “temptresses,” and anything beyond superficial contact is rigorously avoided.
…Within appropriate boundaries, friendships between men and women (both married or single) can be spiritually enriching and encourage discipleship. Dan Brennan’s book Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions is a great guide to forming these kinds of relationships.
Related posts:
(Link): Topics: Friendship is Possible / Sexualization By Culture Of All Relationships
(Link): The Islamic Billy Graham Rule – Unmarried Muslim People Are Punished For Being Alone Together
(Link): Where the Sexual Revolution Went Wrong by Maria Albano
(Link): Discipling Healthy Male/Female Relationships in the Church Part 1 by Wendy Alsup
(Link): Affairs Don’t Start with Texts – via guest authors at Tim’s blog
(Link): Non-Romantic Nearness, The Billy Graham Rule, and Pope John Paul’s Friendship With a Married Woman
(Link): Why So Much Fornication – Because Christians Have No Expectation of Sexual Purity
(Link): The Sexualization of God and Jesus
(Link): Researchers measure increasing sexualization of images in magazines
(Link): Brotherly Love: Christians and Male-Female Friendships