As a Canadian Christian woman, I do not see 100% equality. But, I do see ugly things like LBGT getting more equality than women, esp. These pretend women can probably do a better job of heavy lifting, and being physically powerful than I would ever be. In fact, a big part of why women don't have 100% equality is because of the LBGT movement, demanding more than equal rights. We had the Jessica Yaniv fiasco, (few hours away with me), taking women to court and trying to get money out of them for refusing to "wax her balls." All of them immigrant woman, this ugly man in a dress took to court. She got violent with a few people, and she is in jail now. The irony in Canada, is radical feminists have realized the transgendered mov't has made it unsafe for women. Men walking into female only washrooms or change rooms is dangerous. Men taking places that women should have, makes feminists angry. They do not like the "T" in LBGT. I've met gay men and woman who call it LBG.
But, I also agree we should be willing to give up some of our equality, both men and women, if we can help others by doing it. I am never as a woman going to be happy with the part of the church that denies women's talents and gifting. I preach in my church and I do a good job. Our assistant pastor is a woman, and she does 100 X the work of the former man pastor, who wasn't bad, just spaced out with no leadership skills. Our church picked the person with the best abilities who applied, and we are all very happy with it. I am very happy with my church and denomination (Baptist) and our whole view of life. We have a man for senior pastor, and he is the right person to do the job. He has great leadership qualities and great ideas for our church and the Kingdom of God.
I used to call myself a feminist, back when we were talking equal pay for equal work. When women were passed over for promotions even thought they were better qualified. But that has all changed. My B-I-L was a VP in a big bank in Canada. He had the opportunity to move to a higher and better executive VP position. But his boss told him to wait, and he could promote him within the dept. where he had been so valuable. When the time came, he promoted some woman with no experience or qualifications, because the bank wanted more women in visible leadership roles. My B-I-L resigned a few months later, and retired. He is glad he left, but wishes he hadn't been strung along by his boss and so-called mentor. That's a kind of inequality I also detest. If we have rules for women to have roles they don't deserve or have the skills for, then we ALL need to deal with that.
I have moved from a place of needing to prove myself because I am a woman, to not really caring what anyone thinks. But then, I am on pension, I don't need to worry about it. In my theological school, I am respected for my work, not for my gender or not gender. I would love to get to the point where we allow people to be themselves. So a woman that really wants to be a homemaker, should be one. My mom didn't have the choice, and that was not good. I do not agree with radical feminism, I doubt I ever did. Just because it is to exclusive and "all about me." As I said, we should stop worrying about ourselves, and do what we can to help others, regardless of gender.
I would never be able to do heavy work, nor do I have the aptitude for things like mechanics. My husband does. He can't cook, ever. I know I could teach him, but then he would want to teach me how to drain a transmission or some smelly job. He digs my garden beds, I plant them. We complement each other well, because that is what people did back in our day. Mind you, I do take after my father, who was good in every sport, but was clueless about how to change the oil on his car, or fix a tail light. My kids have working wives and husbands, and they are getting ahead so much faster than when I was at home with the pre-schoolers and only my husband worked. Hardest time in our lives. When I finally started working, though, I was still doing most of the housework, and training my kids. That was stressful, and I become permanently ill from it. So, life is not perfect, but we can always make it a bit better.
I do object strongly to a lot of the things that have been said by men about women in this and many other threads. They treat women like they are some kind of lower species, and who should not be allowed to do anything on their own. Back to the Roman model! God wants us to be equal, but also to find our own personal abilities and skills, and use them. That might be a woman hosting a Bible study in her home. Or maybe going to work for others. And in a democracy women got the vote almost 100 years ago. More in some provinces, not till 1940 in Quebec, and indigenous women until 1960. That is one area we really fall down in Canada. The way not only whites, but native men treat indigenous women. That is another thing somehow we need to change, although how you change a violent drunk, is another sociological issue I am not going to get into!
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