{"id":40046,"date":"2017-02-27T00:15:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T03:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=40046"},"modified":"2017-02-27T01:55:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T04:55:17","slug":"complaints-claim-real-men-provide-is-sexist-toward-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/27\/complaints-claim-real-men-provide-is-sexist-toward-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaints Claim “Real Men Provide” is Sexist Toward Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A fascinatingly simple and pithy billboard in North Carolina has generated an unusual amount of attention and angst<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A billboard appeared last weekend on a highway connecting the city of Winston-Salem to Greensboro that reads, \u201cReal men provide. Real women appreciate it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One woman is organizing a protest against the billboard, calling it insulting — but only insulting to women<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Molly Grace, a boutique owner in Winston-Salem, said she sees the sign as an attempt to silence women who want to be seen as equals to men.<\/p>\n

“It’s absolutely, absolutely insulting to single mothers<\/strong>, to women who have careers whether they are small careers or big careers,” Grace said…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are protesting patriarchy and sexism<\/strong>, and that this antiquated way of thinking about women exists at all,” a post on the Facebook page reads. “We are protesting the implied demand that women be silent and appreciate, regardless of whatever circumstances, their role as non-providers.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lost, of course, is that Molly Grace’s own view is extraordinarily sexist: First, she’s offended at something the billboard doesn’t even say<\/em>. The billboard does not say women can’t, don’t, or won’t “provide.” It does call for\u00a0appreciation<\/em>.\u00a0 What’s wrong with\u00a0a little appreciation?<\/p>\n

Further, why is the ironically named Grace not complaining that the billboard belittles men<\/em> who do not “provide” — something\u00a0it does explicitly<\/em>? That’s hypocritically sexist of her<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Men do<\/em> need to provide for their families, and Grace would probably be hard pressed to find any wife who disagreed. The relationships between men and women — husbands and wives, more specifically — are stronger when the men who work to provide\u00a0are appreciated by\u00a0the\u00a0women they love.<\/p>\n

It takes a pretty jaundiced and jaded heart to find something evil in that statement.<\/p>\n

Why is such basic decency objectionable?\u00a0 It seems Molly Grace<\/a> — the “human rights activist” with a “liberal mindset and outspoken attitude” — has revealed little more than how easily she is offended.<\/p>\n

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
\n1 Timothy 5:8 (ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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