THE NATURE OF MEN AND WOMEN THE NATURE OF MEN AND WOMENMen and women are different. Some people may deny this, but most are convinced. It is obvious that there is a fundamental difference between the male and female body. Today doctors have discovered that the difference goes far beyond the difference in the genital organs. Most people also acknowledge there is a fundamental difference between the male and female mind.
This difference has nothing to do with the equality of men and women. Obviously men and women are equal in the sense that they are equal in the sight of the Lord. They are equal in the ability to improve the spiritual state of their mind. Womanhood is not inferior to manhood, and manhood is not inferior to womanhood. The difference between a man and a woman is to enhance the respect and admiration that one has for the other.
For example, a man respects a woman for her ability to be involved in
the process of creation. In her there can be conception and gestation and
birth. But a woman admires a man for his ability to start this process
of creation. A man respects a woman for her ability to bring love and affection
into the marriage and the family. A woman respects a man for his ability
to bring reality and judgment to the marriage and family.
