Tuesday, October 6, 2020

day no. 15,324: fertility and authority

1 Timothy 2:11-15
Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

The essence of femininity is fertility. 
The essence of masculinity is authority. 

Authority flows to men who take responsibility
Fertility flows from women who have their period. 

Femininity is received through menstruation.
Masculinity is achieved through initiation.

A girl becomes a woman by going through puberty. 
A boy becomes a man by going through a rite of passage.

A girl becomes a woman, like it or not, once the way of women is upon her.
A boy becomes a man, like it or not, only if another man authenticates his manhood.

Femininity can be inferred;
Masculinity must be conferred.

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