chrissiegee:

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Okay, coming from a Christian female.

NO.

Sorry, but I’m gonna use the Bible for a moment here.

Genesis 2:18 states: “And the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” My Bible is a version specially made for Women’s Study, and it comes with some great sections that share background on different subjects. The one next to this verse is titled “The Creation of the Woman.” Let me share this passage:

“God identified Himself as a ‘Helper’ to Israel. The word does not imply inferiority. It describes function rather than worth. No one loses value in humbly assuming the role of helper. As a “helper”to the man, the woman became his partner spiritually in the overwhelming task of obedience to God and dominion over the earth. She was also to be a vital part of extending the generations. The woman, as the ultimate friend to the man, would bring him comfort and fellowship. No one else could encourage and inspire him as she was created to do. The phrase ‘comparable to him’ (In Hebrew, it literally means ‘corresponding to what is in front of him’) happens only in verses 18 and 20, emphasizing the commonality of the man and the woman. Designed as the perfect counterpart for the man, the woman was neither inferior nor superior, but she was alike and equal to the man in her personhood while different in her function.

Man and woman were both created in God’s image. Just as man was formed from the earth, woman was formed from man. She corresponds perfectly to the man, the same flesh and blood, and in ‘the image of God’ just as the man, equal to him in every way. By the creative act itself, she is inseparably linked to the man. The unity of the race is assured; the woman’s dignity and worth is affirmed; the foundation for Christian marriage is set forth in a memorable way.

The woman was not an afterthought. The man was designed and created physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually with her coming creation planned and assured. In fact, God said that man ‘alone’ was not good; he needed the woman. God made man from ‘the dust of the ground,’ but He made the woman from ‘the rib’ of the man.

God uses Adam to express the uniqueness of the woman in a play on words. Even the language itself reflects the unity God planned between the man and the woman. The expression ‘bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh’ occurs elsewhere in the Old Testament as an expression of blood relationship. Though Adam’s naming of the woman does not in itself require his authority over her, the act of assigning a name in the Oriental culture - even to now - is significant and in most cases does imply both authority and responsibility. … The woman’s name is a recognition of her origins, in the same way that Adam’s name acknowledges his creation from the earth.”

I do know this is a bit lengthy, but I was really strongly compelled to share this info with everyone on tumblr.

TL;DR: Even in Christianity, women are supposed to be held as equals to men. Anyone who claims to be Christian and says otherwise is a liar and a blasphemer.