john stackhouse is a very smart man who has been here the past few days speaking on feminism/egalitarianism.
i have absolutely no idea where i stand, so that's not what this post will be about.
it is such a heated topic filled with pride...men are so prideful they are unwilling to listen and even give it some thought, and i admit i fall into this camp many times. women are so prideful they are unwilling to accept anything less...and probably rightly so. and unfortunately, the majority of taylor students chose to miss out (physically but moreso mentally) on stackhouse's lectures...when a topic that wants to be dismissed is made easy to dismiss it will most definitely be dismissed. unfortunately, stackhouse made the topic easy to dismiss in his less-than-stellar display of public speaking, and a logic that could've been understood with some careful discipline, but easily went over your head if not prepared. so, the majority of students dismissed it and im not sure if it did any good...at least, any good in the minds of people it needed to do good in.
im not sure what the purpose of this entry is. i guess i'm just burdened with the enormous amount of pride that comes along with both sides, and the enormous breakthrough that must happen in the minds of men in order for them to back down and accept what is being presented. that's something women need to be a tiny bit more understanding of.
i do appreciate, though, that it was a man speaking on feminism. the world needs more men speaking out on feminism, more whites speaking out on racism, etc. that's the first step in making those breakthroughs...the people on the positive side of things who have nothing to really gain (except the fruitfulness to come later) speaking to those also on the positive side of things on the behalf of those on the negative side of things. not sure where i was going with that, but you know what i mean. maybe. whatever.
this was meant to be a little more intellectual than it's turning out to be. sorry for the scatter-brained mess.
have a good day.