remember- woman was created to be man's help meet, not the other way around.
Okay, there is, indeed, plenty of evidence for this assertion. Every scriptural account of the creation says that Eve was created after Adam. The story says that after Adam was created, God said, "Hey! He shouldn't be alone! Let's make a woman for him!" Now regardless of what you think about word 'helpmeet' you can't get around the fact that Adam was put here first, and all accounts indicate that he wasn't put here first to help prepare the place for Eve. Eve came after because Adam needed her.
Either way, we end up with an awful lot of people thinking that it is a woman's main job to help her husband. When we get to thinking about the help that men need, in a modern sense it often gets reduced to cooking, cleaning, and childcare. Some have asserted that there is a great deal of emotional work that women are predominantly held accountable for (ego stroking, remembering familial obligations, being pleasant company etc). My main question is, what is it that men do that is so important, and that they need so much help with.
According to the Moses 1:39, "For behold, this is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." The main part of that puzzle that we are currently responsible for is providing mortal bodies for God's spirit children to dwell in, and that was one of the earliest (debatably the first) commandments that God gave to Adam and Eve. This would seem to indicate that the all important task of mortality is the bearing and raising of children.
Hey wait a second. Women were put on earth to 'help' men bear and raise children? I wasn't aware that 'to help' means 'to do for or instead of.' Now unless you're willing to assert that the most important part of having a baby is making the sperm, then you will have to admit that physically, it's the men helping the women have children. Also, unless you're willing to assert that money or income is the most important part of raising a child, then you'll have to admit that the model family that the church promotes, again, puts men in a position of helping women.
So, how on earth did we ever get the idea that women are here to help men? And what on earth are we supposed to be helping them with?
2 comments:
In an ideal world, men (should) become the saviors of/for their family, modeling themselves after the Christ in every way. Obviously we need a lot of help getting there.
Kinda lame, but it's the best I can come up with at 11:30.
Brilliant post SF!
Love the post, but I have to say that I think Help meet, means to beside, and sustain and support.
Then if you take the scripture you quoted, women are needed for men to obtain the Celestial Kingdom. :)
Maybe our lives are too easy today? I know my ancestors had to work much harder to live and provide for their families. I don't know how anyone did it on their own.
Oh, I'm linking your site on my blog.
Tanya
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