This week, Kate Hudson took objection to a misunderstanding of what she meant in not raising her youngest child, a daughter, as genderless. She claimed that she is not doing this. She only was saying that she wanted the child to develop naturally without fostering stereotyped roles. In fact, her child acts with feminine traits and is quite different than the boys. What do we think of the culture in the west going toward gender fluidity in defining sexual relationships.
One of the sad facts of western culture is not only the rejection of the historic standards derived from the influence of the Bible, but also from the wisdom of almost all developed cultures and even the wisdom of primitive cultures. That wisdom not only perceived the given distinction of male and female but sought to accentuate this distinction and to make the distinction more pronounced. Somehow it was perceived that the prosperity of the people, the tribe, or the nation required fostering the distinction. Why is that? It is that the bonding of male and female together in marriage requires significant distinction. It is that this very distinction attracts the sexes to one another and blurring the distinction undercuts this. The bonding of distinct males and females is a priority of all cultures. It is somehow perceived that not enhancing and fostering the distinction is destructive to society. We see this not only in biblical societies, but also India, China, Africa, Middle Eastern culture, Muslim cultures, Native American cultures and more. The intensity of attraction and last in relationship between the sexes in committed bonds require a strong distinction.
Sometimes the pattern of distinctions fostered by a culture are oppressive. The Chinese bound the feet of women in very painful processes so that they would take what they consider attractive little steps. Many times the Muslim world placed women in an enslaved position. It was not just to preclude women from careers of their interest in medicine, the sciences, and business. However, that boys learn to be men, handsome and strong, and women to be feminine, move with grace and to show that quality we know as feminine loveliness, is not oppressive. Yes, young girls will sometimes be tom boys, but they eventually and mostly grow out of this.
One of the great rebellions of our culture, and it is unprecedented in world history, is the attempt to break down the distinction of male and female. This will have a significant negative effect on marriages. The question on why the behavior of others should effect our commitments and why we should then oppose the LGBT agenda, is so short sighted. It Is not that it has to effect me and my marriage, but that it fosters a culture that does not value a lasting marriage between male and female. The effect of this on the culture as a whole is destructive and will lead to poverty and bankruptcy for many, and when children are not raised in intact traditional families the percentages of their success decline.