“the way in which a faith community shapes language about God implicity represents what it takes to be the highest good, the profoundest truth, the most appealing beauty. ... While officially it is rightly and consistently said that God is spirit and so beyond identification with either male or female sex, yet the daily language of preaching, worship, catechesis, and instruction conveys a different message: God is male, or at least more like a man than a woman, or at least more fittingly addressed as male than as female.” MenWaySaidDifferentGodSpiritLanguageSexCommunityShapesWorshipMessagesHighestFemaleMalesInstructionConsistentlyPreachingIdentificationFaith Community Author:Elizabeth A. Johnson
“Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values. This week, the equation was twofold: female infidelity twice as bad as male abuse, the life of a woman half as valuable as that of a man. The killing of the woman taken in adultery has a long history and survives today in many cultures. One of those is our own.” MenLongTodayLawValuesCultureHalfTakenWeekMessagesFemaleAbuseFunctionMalesKillingInjusticeValuableSentencesOur SocietyJailMisogynyInfidelityEquationsAdultery Author:Anna Quindlen
“I think that in our culture there is this message to males that any time you can have sex with an attractive female, you should do it. But for females you always have to guard yourself against it, sort of keep sex at bay. You don't want to get a reputation, especially when you are under age.” ThinkingWantShouldAgeCultureSexMessagesFemaleMalesReputationAttractive Author:Alissa Nutting
“We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage lamas who are male. What message does that give to a young girl, except that somehow she got trapped in the wrong body because of bad things she did in a past life?” GivingLooksDoeBodyInspirationPastYoungGirlSexMessagesMalesTemplesWhy NotBad ThingsTrappedPast LifeLamaLineage Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Why have I been chosen to deliver the message of female intelligence and its divinity to a deaf world of males? I have asked my god that question and She answered, 'Hey, why not you Roseanne?' Indeed, why not each of us?” WorldMessagesFemaleMalesChosenHeyDivinityWhy NotDeaf Author:Roseanne Barr
“For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do - they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities.” BodySexMessagesFemaleMalesGlowing Author:John Updike