Biblical Femininity
Apr. 18, 2006
FEMININITY~~What is it?

Posted in Feminine Appearance 1

Femininity is one of those attributes that has been lost with the rise of feminism, ERA, women's rights, and the like.

Once a bastian of a girls upbringing, femininity has been relegated to a form of bondage. 

Girls, Women, were taught to be soft, gentle, kind, submissive and to be content to do the womanly tasks the LORD built them to do. 

 

What is femininity? 

According to Websters 1828

FEM'ININE, a. [L. femininus, from femina, woman. The first syllable may be and probably is from wemb or womb, by the use of f for w; the b not being radical. The last part of the word is probably from man, quasi, femman, womb-man.]

1. Pertaining to a woman, or to women, or to females; as the female sex.

2. soft; tender; delicate.

Her heavenly form angelic, but more soft and feminine.

3. Effeminate; destitute of manly qualities.

4. In grammar, denoting the gender or words which signify females, or the terminations of such words. words are said to be of the feminine gender, when they denote females, or have the terminations proper to express females in any given language. Thus in L. dominus, a lord, is masculine; but domina, is mistress, a female.

Milton uses feminine as a noun, for female.

feminine is also found in 15 definitions:

Too often, we equate femininity with weakness and being a doormat, or being mousy. True women are none of these things, yet they do not flaunt it. 

 

Being feminine isn't just wearing miles of lace and yards of ruffles; nor is galavanting about wearing hats that hinder your sight, or clothes that cannot be worn for normal daily chores. 

 

Being feminine is being womanly. No only in manner of dress, but also in body language and speech. Part of my purpose is to assist you in finding your femininity and letting it shine forth like a beacon.

The feminIST wants the world at large to see feminiNINE traits as archaeic and binding, boring and degrading, sexist and diminuative.  Being a woman, and rejoicing in being female, accepting the biological differences as a gift instead of a curse, will fly in the face of the femiNIST.  Contrary to what the femiNISTs want us to believe, want the world to believe, they, in rejecting their uniqueness from the male/man, are no happier, fulfilled, or free than before they gained their "rights'.  Chew on that a few minutes will ya?

 

The ideaology behind the feminist movement was to let women make a mark in the world and find fulfillment which they supposedly could find in fulfilling the traditional female roles as our foremothers did since time began.  Career women are going back home because they have not found the joy they hoped for in working and being somebody in the executive offices. 

 

The Bible clearly tells us the roles of women, and what our responsibilities are. These duties apply to married and single women alike. A single woman won't love her husband, but she can love her father, and in a sense love her Pastor as a spiritual father. God should be her husband.  She can mother children who have no mother, or help a mother who is overwhelmed etc. But these are all things we shall attend to in detail later in the future.

 

Let me leave with these final thoughts to ponder. As I stated in previous post, our life is a work in progress.  I asked you to examine yourself to see what, if anything, God had asked you to give up or change.  I asked if this was "too much" of Him to ask.

 

If you think femininity is unimportant and of no interest to God, ask yourself this: Why does God make a distinction in roles of women and men?  Why does God command women to behave and dress specific ways?

 

How feminine are you?  Are your actions, language and body language womanly or manly?  Have you ever been mistaken for a man when seen from behind?  If someone were to see you from a distance would they know you were a woman by your demeanor, and attire?

 

This is not a popular topic and many will be upset. But please dear Sisters, I speak not to beat you down, but to lift you from the bondage of trying to play both roles and doing neither well.

 

Prayerfully consider what I have said. I hope you will come back and visit another day.  My prayer is to learn with you and help you be Godly Feminine Woman glorifying God.


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