So what makes men and women different?
What are the gifts the men bring to the table?
What are the gifts women bring to the table?
Why is it the best that children are raised with a mom and a dad?
These are some of the questions people could be asking, and hopefully we can answer some of those questions.
Men and women each have individual gifts and talents given to them from their maker. Some of the many gift’s women bring to family members are compassion, nurturing, usually more social, cooperative and they’re more likely to express their emotions. Men on the other hand are task driven, the problem solvers, providers, protectors, and are usually more competitive. It’s interesting in many situations, women tend to want to talk about their problems to multiple people and feel better afterwards. Then men would be more likely to hold their emotions in to themselves, because they feel they can take care of their own problems. Together there is balance and families can be supported and nurtured. This can be particularly hard when women want understanding when she talks to her husband, where her husband’s instinct is to fix the problem right away. Some other interesting research that has been done has been on each of the brains of males and females. The male’s brain has much more grey matter for storing and processing information mainly related to work and physical aspects. Then women have more white matter which adds more of a connection to people and things.
In the family, both the mother and father play huge roles on influencing their children, mainly fathers to their sons and mothers to their daughters. So, with single parenting or a lack of one parent, this could influence the growth of the children. For boys, they need a masculine figure in their life to set an example and to look up to and learn from. Same with girls, they need that motherly figure in their life to relate to and learn from. But also, the father can help influence the daughters and the mother can help influence the sons to teach them right from wrong. This is how God intended the family unit to be like.
This could also be a big problem for gay and lesbian couples. Obviously, this would not happen in all situations, but there have been times where children have been homosexually abused which can have a major impact on their growth. The research has proven that there are few if any that are born homosexual, but there have been many cases where someone has changed their sexual orientation due to sexual abuse from the parents. Concerning those who are religious, God does not make people gay/lesbian. Being gay/lesbian is not a sin. It can only become a sin if the person acts on the homosexual feelings, but as experiencing gay/lesbian desires or feelings that is not a bad thing. It is certainly not the person’s fault that they feel this way. There has been a lot of research about gay people have many struggles trying to fit in, feel better and a desire to feel normal. Now I don’t support the homosexual acts that people do, but that doesn’t mean I view them any less as a straight person. I’ve met many people that identify as gay/lesbian and I will say, you can still support and love that person for the good they do just like anybody else.
I have some links that might interest you both on gender roles and homosexual feelings. I hope these videos help answer some questions you have and I hope you come to a greater understanding of these topics as I have. I would love to hear your comments and questions about these touchy subjects, and I hope I haven’t offended anyone in the process of reading my blogs.
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