A lesbian-owned coffee shop in Brunswick, Australia, that made international headlines in 2017 for charging a voluntary 18 percent “man tax” closed its doors for good after less than two years in business. That was April 2019, but it’s still funny.
Handsome Her, which opened as a “space for women, by women,” received backlash for what critics called reverse sexism. The café asked male patrons upon checkout if they wanted to pay an optional surcharge meant to represent the gender pay gap and offered female patrons priority seating.
While the business did not confirm or deny rumors of bankruptcy, co-owner Alexandra O’Brien said the Handsome Her team will continue to pursue its mission to drive change with “hands-on” work across Australia. O'Brien said allegations of sexism only proved “how fragile masculinity is” and confirmed the need to “confront and dismantle patriarchy.”
Excuse me for a minute . . . laughing loud….breathe….laughing long…
One of the guiding thinkers of feminist interpretation of the Bible was Phyliss Trible.
Beginning in 1973, she was influential in theological and biblical liberalism in the United States, working from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She regarded numerous texts in the Bible as patriarchal and oppressive and sought to reinterpret them from a feminist perspective. Could there be a bad form, a sinful form of patriarchy? Of course there could be.
But, a clear reading of Scripture means that a certain form of patriarchy is revealed as a part of God’s plan for human conduct, human civilization, human society, even in marriage.
And so, if we hold to a high view of Scripture, we can only get so far from patriarchy. I know that’s politically inconvenient for some people, but it’s just theologically true.
Liberal individuals like SDA WokeVentists, have bought into a feminist interpretation of Scripture, and see patriarchy as the main source of social evils. Regrettably, they fail to understand that feminism is a continuum, undermining biblical distinctions and leading naturally to the dissolving of gender itself in the LGBTQ+ array.
Feminism, LGBTQ+, Wokeness and BLM, are each sworn enemies of patriarchy, you can find this in their official writings. Why? Because they are acting in rebellion to God's created order, just like the individual motivating them (satan).
If time continues, WokeVentists will call for the renaming or cancelling of one of Ellen White's classic volumes Patriarchs & Prophets. They will try to rename it Pangenders and Prophets, or something…
Stay sharp, love God and walk in Truth.
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"Male and female created He them.”