Grown men and women have known for millions of years that they are different from one another. Something changed back in the 1960s: some idiots professed their doctrine that men and women are different only in appearance, that they are equally intelligent, should have equal rights in all areas, and that laws should MAKE everyone treat everyone else the same. Well, they said, men can have sex with whoever they please and not worry about getting pregnant. Women, they said, should have the same RIGHT. With all sorts of pills and devices, women can pretty much avoid pregnancy, if they wish.
Now in this third milennium, research has had to prove to us that men and women are different in just about everything, not only in appearance. Duh? Don't we have any common sense? Men think differently: they are largely logical, practical. Women take care of how problems will affect everyone concerned. Is this bad? NO! This is just different.
Men and women approach the whole topic of sex differently also. For men, sex does not have to be connected with love. For women, sex must be connected with love. Women have tried to dissociate love from sex but it isn't working. Women can fly from one sexual partner to another but increasingly feel empty and eventually depressed. Women cannot get away from our nurturing and loving instinct and why would we want to get away? Is this bad for either men or women? NO! It is just different.
It would appear, then, that the double standard expressed a reality that cannot and will not go away. How should we deal with this reality? A mature society would protect its young people and not provide the broad incentives in nearly all media, politics, and education that promote sex between unmarried, uncommitted adults and children. A mature society would encourage modesty in dress and language. We think we are so sophisticated when we curse, tolerate provocative clothing in even preteens.
Is there anything one person can do to turn this tsunami of filth and indecency? I think that I'm going to watch a few sit-coms on TV, something I rarely do. If they are as bad as their brief TV ads and the opinion of a few I've chatted with, I plan to write down the sponsors of ads that finance them. I will tell them, plainly, that they are promoting values I don't agree with, values that are hurtful to young people and families, and that I, in good conscience, will not buy their products.
Does this approach work? Yes, oh, yes! Remember the "Duck Dynasty" controversy earlier this year? The leader of the family involved expressed his values in a magazine interview. These values were in opposition to the liberal sponsors of the TV show who immediately threatened to either cancel his TV show or remove him from it. Guess what? We in America love the patriarch and his values! We protested! We threatened to not patronize the sponsors. They immediately restored the family leader and the TV show! This was indeed incredible! It shows the power of the pocketbook!
What will you do to encourage your values? Give us some feedback and comments here, please.
Oh, Lord, sometimes the task of creating or restoring wholesome values in our country and our world is overwhelming! But we know you only expect each of us to do our small part. All those small parts will add up to do the job! We can enjoy happier years ahead! We know, without a doubt, you will give us the ideas and strength to celebrate our differences and choose wisely.
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