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May 25, 2022Liked by Benjamin A Boyce

Very very thoughtful Benjamin - keep this up and I might even have to subscribe!

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These are excellent Benjamin. It's so hard to describe gender meaningful when everything offered is either Gender Ideology or Gender Criticism. I'd been wondering whether anyone would be attempting this in these conversations.

Sometimes it seems like the best of them just reluctantly acknowledge that men and women are different for practical reasons. But it's incredibly refreshing seeing men and women honor each other in their differences, wanting to see the best brought out of each other - which is hard when the very suggestion that motherhood is the ideal of woman comes across as offensive or reductive.

Thinking of fatherhood--whether literally or in spirit--points the way for much of my delayed maturity, the ideal for me as a man.

I didn't know what you're describing would be called gender positivism. I'd probably say I'm that!

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Jun 23, 2022Liked by Benjamin A Boyce

I disagree Benjamin.

I assume this blog is designed to start a conversation that is measured and thoughtful so my feminist reaction to this is that your view of women and their role as mothers does not appear to give those of us who need and/or want to work outside the ‘home’ any choice in the matter. Feminism is about equality of choice, not being stuck in 19th century mores and religious stereotypes. And it is about social support for women to be what they want to be or in many cases, have to be. And we are no less mothers for all that, are we? But virgin Mary’s we are not! And it takes a village to bring up a child, of course. And from the stories going round about her, don’t think child rearing was high on Aphrodite’s list of priorities either!

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