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lThank you for “No More Steubenvilles”
Deb Shiverdecker
Editor:
Thank you so much for the Kim Simon article: No More
Steubenvilles. The world needs to know this so much. There
are a lot of men out there hurting because they are kind and they are
tormented for it. I experienced this in raising a son and with a very
kind and good friend of mine. Guys need to support and encourage
each other not see each other as competition.
Women also. Women have been so beaten down with the women’s right
movement by trying so hard to make ourselves “equal” that we have
cheated ourselves out of being “special”.
We are all equal as human beings but we all have our own special
gifts. Women are not men and men are not women; it’s a scientific
fact so get over it. We were made for different things and we
should be proud of that.
Its no wonder the young people are so confused about their
sexuality. I am Catholic and my faith gets beat up quite
frequently for “hating” women. After much study I find that my
religion does not hate women, it places them in very high esteem (i.e.
honoring Mary as the Mother of God and as an example of how to be brave
and say “yes” to God’s plans for us. Truly without her “yes” to
God to carry our Savior, where would we all be?)
Christ did not hate women. He had many women friends and
followers. The authentic teachings of the Catholic church protect women
and places them in their rightful glory as partners with him in the
Creation of the Universe. Men are to protect the specialness of
women. There is nothing wrong with that; it’s the perfect
scenario of love, partnership and equality.
He took a rib to make the woman, not a foot or skull bone. This
shows we are equal not higher or lower than man. I wish more
people would understand that. Sorry I will get off of my soap box
now. Thanks for letting me vent. Just something close to my
heart that I have struggled with and have seen so many others struggle
with because of the culture we live in.
Deborah S. Shiverdecker
Greenville
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