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       A Woman's Place by Myles Munroe
       By: Intervention Date: November 27, 2015, 11:13 am
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       In the mid- 1960s, James Brown came out
       with a song that exposed the spirit of the age,
       entitled, "It's a Man's World." The song sold a
       million copies. (I wonder who bought it?) James
       was singing about an attitude that pervades the
       nations and culture of the world. That attitude is,
       in effect, "Even though women are here, this world
       was made for men. It's designed for males.
       Women are just filling in where needed. You
       women stay in your place; this is a man's world."
       Does the world belong to men? If so, what
       place do women hold in it?
       One of the most controversial issues of our
       modern times; a topic that has been debated with
       much discussion and dissension is the role,
       position, and rights of the woman. Historically, in
       nearly every nation and culture, women have been
       regarded as inferior to men, holding a secondary
       place in the world. The following are traditional
       perceptions of women that still persist today.
       Women are considered:
       Inferior to men, second-class citizens.
       *objects for sensual gratificationalon.
       *weak; incapable of real strength.
       *lacking in intelligence and therefore having nothing to
       contribute to society.
       *the personal servants, whose only purpose is to meet the needs
       of their masters.
       *  domestic slaves, to be used as desired.
       * objects to be passed around until finished with, and then
       discarded subhuman.
       * deserving of abuse.
       Depending on where you live in the world, your
       past experiences, and whether you are a woman
       or man, the items on this list might shock you,
       offend you, be discounted by you, or serve as a
       painful reminder of what you are currently
       enduring.
       If you live in an industrial nation that has seen
       significant improvements in the status of women
       and the opportunities open to her, you may not
       think these negative perceptions of women are
       relevant to your relationship or the interactions
       between males and females in your society. Yet
       the underlying assumptions behind them persist
       in every nation because they are not so much
       influenced by legislative and societal changes as
       they are by ingrained attitudes in the hearts and
       minds of men and women. Women are
       misunderstood and degraded around the world,
       and it is causing them emotional, physical, and
       spiritual distress.
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