Comments on: Thoughts on Manliness vs. Femininity http://ylcf.org/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/ YLCF Sun, 20 May 2012 22:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Casey http://ylcf.org/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-6140 Casey Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:56:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-6140 I really enjoyed reading this!<br/>I am definately one for woman ministry and i think that there have been some good topics raised here! <br/>A few nights ago (after youth group) us leaders went out for some food and a chat after youth centre and I was being dropped home by one of the male leaders, we only have two and they live down the same st so I got to ride home with the two young men.<br/>I was quite happy to sit in the back and just listen to them banter about nothing in particular, but the guy who was not driving quickly got to the car and jumpe in the back, leaving the front seat free for me! <br/>I felt very special! (not alot of guys would do that!)<br/>While being driven home I was asked "Do girls actually like gentlemen?" my first impulse was "YES!!!" But i held back and thought about it for a moment.<br/>I told them that as girls (i am only 17) we love a guy to hold the door open for us, or to pick up the objects we have dropped or to help with heavy things. We talked about being too gentlemanly- always opening doors, always commenting on how we look, always pushing our chairs in and always taking our coats! They agreed with me =]<br/>I am the type of girl who thinks the small things in life count. If a young man was always ( and i mean ALWAYS) opening doors for us or always commenting on how we look it wouldnt mean as much, it would stop being meaningful and we wouldn't appreciate it as much. When the men in church hold the door open for me I really appreciate it and I feel that it is their way of telling us that we are worth it, they have gone out of their way to open the door for us because we are worth it!<br/><br/>I really agree with everything you all have said! So thanks! It is good to be reminded of our femininity and how it plays a part in a mans role!<br/>The older men at church are great role models for our younger men, as are the older women for the younger women!<br/><br/>God Bless!<br/>x<br/>Casey. I really enjoyed reading this!
I am definately one for woman ministry and i think that there have been some good topics raised here!
A few nights ago (after youth group) us leaders went out for some food and a chat after youth centre and I was being dropped home by one of the male leaders, we only have two and they live down the same st so I got to ride home with the two young men.
I was quite happy to sit in the back and just listen to them banter about nothing in particular, but the guy who was not driving quickly got to the car and jumpe in the back, leaving the front seat free for me!
I felt very special! (not alot of guys would do that!)
While being driven home I was asked “Do girls actually like gentlemen?” my first impulse was “YES!!!” But i held back and thought about it for a moment.
I told them that as girls (i am only 17) we love a guy to hold the door open for us, or to pick up the objects we have dropped or to help with heavy things. We talked about being too gentlemanly- always opening doors, always commenting on how we look, always pushing our chairs in and always taking our coats! They agreed with me =]
I am the type of girl who thinks the small things in life count. If a young man was always ( and i mean ALWAYS) opening doors for us or always commenting on how we look it wouldnt mean as much, it would stop being meaningful and we wouldn’t appreciate it as much. When the men in church hold the door open for me I really appreciate it and I feel that it is their way of telling us that we are worth it, they have gone out of their way to open the door for us because we are worth it!

I really agree with everything you all have said! So thanks! It is good to be reminded of our femininity and how it plays a part in a mans role!
The older men at church are great role models for our younger men, as are the older women for the younger women!

God Bless!
x
Casey.

]]> By: DelightinginHim http://ylcf.org/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-947 DelightinginHim Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:58:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-947 That makes a lot of sense, the "perfect beauty under perfect control." I have to agree and enjoyed the original articles as well as Sarah's followup. That makes a lot of sense, the “perfect beauty under perfect control.” I have to agree and enjoyed the original articles as well as Sarah’s followup.

]]> By: sarah http://ylcf.org/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-930 sarah Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:07:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-930 I agree that those things in themselves are not essentially feminine or non-feminine. That is just what I realized. :) I had eschewed them previously because I didn't understand very much about femininity. I agree that those things in themselves are not essentially feminine or non-feminine. That is just what I realized. :) I had eschewed them previously because I didn’t understand very much about femininity.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ylcf.org/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-929 Anonymous Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:55:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-929 I love that! "a woman who has, and always had, wonderful male role models and friends in her life, does not detest anything because it is considered feminine, but doesn’t feel she needs to be defined by them either. :-)"<br/><br/>Great Job! <br/>Kelci I love that! “a woman who has, and always had, wonderful male role models and friends in her life, does not detest anything because it is considered feminine, but doesn’t feel she needs to be defined by them either. :-) ”

Great Job!
Kelci

]]> By: Anonymous http://ylcf.org/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-927 Anonymous Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:29:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/04/thoughts-on-manliness-vs-femininity/#comment-927 Interesting comments…<br/><br/>But what do many of these things have to do with being feminine? Aren't some of these just culturally feminine? For example,the color pink was once considered a masculine color. :-) <br/><br/>Women are women because that is the way they are made. It has nothing to do with what colors they like or what their interests are. Those are much more cultural. Some of those things might find their way into how we define “feminine”, but we should not *base* our definition on them. Don't you think?<br/><br/>- a woman who has, and always had, wonderful male role models and friends in her life, does not detest anything because it is considered feminine, but doesn’t feel she needs to be defined by them either. :-) Interesting comments…

But what do many of these things have to do with being feminine? Aren’t some of these just culturally feminine? For example,the color pink was once considered a masculine color. :-)

Women are women because that is the way they are made. It has nothing to do with what colors they like or what their interests are. Those are much more cultural. Some of those things might find their way into how we define “feminine”, but we should not *base* our definition on them. Don’t you think?

- a woman who has, and always had, wonderful male role models and friends in her life, does not detest anything because it is considered feminine, but doesn’t feel she needs to be defined by them either. :-)

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