Re: OT - POLITICS: C.S. on the reason for the husband's headship in Chri

[Guest guest]

> The relations of the family to the outer world - what might be

called its

> foreign policy - must depend, in the last resort, upon the man,

because he

> always ought to be, and usually is, much more just to the outsiders.

A woman

> is primarily fighting for her own children and husband against the

rest of

> the world. Naturally, almost, in a sense, rightly, their claims

override,

> for her, all other claims. She is the special trustee of their

interests.

> The function of the husband is to see that this natural preference

of hers

> is not given its head. He has the last word in order to protect

other people

> from the intense family patriotism of the wife. If anyone doubts

this, let

> me ask a simple question. If your dog has bitten the child next

door, or if

> your child has hurt the dog next door, which would you sooner have

to deal

> with, the master of that house or the mistress? Or, if you hare a

married

> woman, let me ask you this question. Much as you admire your

husband, would

> you not say that his chief failing is his tendency not to stick up

for his

> rights and yours against the neighbours as vigorously as you would

like? A

> bit of an Appeaser? "

Fascinating.

The organizations that we know of that are headed by women tend to be

much less even-handed than those that are headed by men.

I can think of a bank in a small town...and a government office in a

small town that are headed by women. And they tend to have much more

punitive policies against outsiders than they used to.

On the other hand, some offices that I am very familiar with have a

reputation for being extremely customer-friendly. They are headed by

middle-aged white males. IMHO, they are much better places to work

than the places headed by women.

It's almost like the women are trying much harder to wield power, per

se, than the men. It's like they want to be seen as powerful, instead

of making sure that all parties involved get the best deal possible.

I think dh will be extremely interested in ' reasoning as to why

women are not the best choice for being the head.

[Guest guest]

>Fascinating.

>

>The organizations that we know of that are headed by women tend to be

>much less even-handed than those that are headed by men.

>

>I can think of a bank in a small town...and a government office in a

>small town that are headed by women. And they tend to have much more

>punitive policies against outsiders than they used to.

>

>On the other hand, some offices that I am very familiar with have a

>reputation for being extremely customer-friendly. They are headed by

>middle-aged white males. IMHO, they are much better places to work

>than the places headed by women.

>

>It's almost like the women are trying much harder to wield power, per

>se, than the men. It's like they want to be seen as powerful, instead

>of making sure that all parties involved get the best deal possible.

I think that there are a number of folks who have not HAD power, or at

minimum, not perceived themselves to have power, who over compensate when

they DO get into a position of power by wielding it to strongly. I think

some women do fall into this trap.

OTOH, when I reflect on all the bosses I've had, there are three horrible

and unjust ones that immediately jump out at me. Two were men and one was a

woman. But similarly, I've had really amazing and admirably just bosses of

both sexes. And in terms of my former marriage, I was BY FAR the most just

partner. My husband was nearly a caricature of an unjust human being, so it

wasn't hard to be more just than he. <g>

But as Christie mentioned on the nt_politics list, ' personal musings

on the unjustness of women was likely influenced by the historical context

of his times (the book was written in 1943).

Suze Fisher

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