1. Nurturing the Nations Nurturing the Nations Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures The Framework

2. Part 2 THE LIE: ROOT OF THE POVERTY 3 The Framework 4 The Crushing of Women 5 The Culture of Sexism 6 The Disappearance of Women

3. Fighting on Two Fronts “In this fallen world, things constantly swing like a pendulum, from being wrong in one extreme way to being wrong in another extreme. The devil never gives us the luxury of fighting on only one front, and this will always be the case.” Francis Schaeffer

4. The World’s Concept of Truth Right Wrong

5. The World’s Concept of Truth RIGHT WRONG  Grace Law Free Will Predestination Responsibility Sovereignty Faith Works UNITY DIVERSITY Feminism Sexism

6. Biblical Concept of Truth Wrong Right Wrong

7.  FREEDOM  Grace Law Free Will Predestination Responsibility Sovereignty Faith Works UNITY DIVERSITY Biblical Concept of Truth

8. Feminism Complementarianism Sexism  UNITY DIVERSITY Biblical Concept of Truth

9. Monument Valley

10. Two Extremes Monism: Reality is a unified whole Atomism: Reality is a series of indivisible and indestructible particles

11. The Edges Monism –Absolute Unity –Radical Feminism –Men and women are equal in being –Therefore they are the same/interchangeable –The disappearance of female Atomism –Absolute Diversity –Sexism –Men and women are different in function –Therefore male is superior to female –The crushing of women

12. Mobile

13. Complementarian Men and women are equal in being Men and women are diverse in function

14. Three Distinct Visions Philosophic Expression MonismTrinitarian (ism) Atomism Religious Expression Hinduism Buddhism Judeo – Christian Theism Islam Polytheism Nature of God “One Undivided Spirit” Community: Father Son Holy Spirit Power Harsh Capricious

15. Three Distinct Visions Historic Proponent PlatoMoses Jesus Aristotle Sexual Focus Interchange- ability Equal in being/Diverse in function Male Superiority Sexual Expression Radical Feminism Complement- arianism Sexism ValuesMaleness/ Androgyny Female & Male Maleness

16. Male “Superiority” Derived from the sense that men are, generally, physically stronger and more aggressive than women When this warrior mentality becomes a virtue, then men are seen as superior to women

17. Male is ‘godlike’ “But still, wherever the brute force of the warrior is counted god-like, woman is appreciated only as she approximates to sterner natures.” Lydia H. Sigourney Letters to Young Women

18. The Demise of Female Males disrespect the feminine enough to war against women Women hate the feminine enough to want to be men

19. Femicide “When women’s work of caring is rendered invisible by societal arrangements and structures, a kind of social femicide is in process.” Professor Ivy George Gordon College

20. Compromised Vision Professed Christians Syncretism w/ Monism Transformed Romans 12:2 Syncretism w/ Atomism FeminismEgalitarian -ism Complement - arianism Chauvinism Sexism Disappearance of Women Dignity of Women Crushing of Women

21. Complementarian Cultures MALE –Stronger –Rational –Hunt the deer –Roam –Protect FEMALE –Finer –Intuitive –Cook the deer –Nest –Nurture

22. Sexists Cultures GOOD –Stronger –Rational –Hunt –Roam –Protect BAD –Finer –Intuitive –Cook –Nest –Nurture

23. Radical Feminist Culture Stronger Rational Hunt Roam Protect