Him who to worth in Women overtrusting
Lets her Will rule; restraint she will not brook,
And left to her self, if evil thence ensue,
Shee first his weak indulgence will accuse.
-- John Milton, Paradise Lost
Eve began by begging Adam's indulgence and ended by blaming it.
Proverbs 31:1-3
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb?
and what, the son of my vows?
Give not thy strength unto women,
nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings
What we observe in Eve's blame and Lemuel's mother's advice is that women want men to lead all the way up to and including the ability to resist their pleas. While women want to be desired and to aspire to move men through their wiles, they cannot respect a man who gives into them. All that to say, when they win, they end up with men they cannot respect. When a woman wins that way, she loses the strength of her man as an asset since it was surrendered. She cannot trust him to protect her from danger if he cannot protect himself from her.
It is in everyone's best interest to follow God's ordained order of headship, initiative, leadership, insight and organization. May God make us men and women strong enough to be strong in our assigned positions and strong enough not to begrudge others pursuing theirs: neither condescending or flattering the other post nor shirking our own.
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