Yes! Thank you for sharing. The double standard of men being “rakes” and women being ignorant and pure is very frustrating. They even turned one of my favorite male characters into a “rake” in season 3 because that is the standard set for men in the previous two season. Purity culture definitely dehumanizes men as well as women.
Thank you for writing this. I very much enjoyed reading it because 1) I had similar thoughts watching the show and 2) I can relate to these myths because I grew up hearing them. In the Armenian culture, these myths are prevalent and as a woman, I always questioned them. I now want to read your book! 🩵
Thank you, Susanna! Were the myths you heard growing up more from your Armenian culture or from a religious culture? I’m curious what your experience was like.
Great comparison! I think it could be titled "What Bridgerton and the OT..." - some form of these teachings have been around for a very long time. We see these behaviors all over ancient cultures as well.....written and noted in the Christian sacred text. Thanks for the comparisons here! Great read.
I would LOVE to read an article on it & interact in discussion. Keeping the idea of patriarchy linked closely with these teachings is valuable if not necessary for a broader understanding. I think we soften the blows of OT instructions to continue to build an ethic we "want" to be true. I look at all the laws that say things to men like do not sleep with this woman, or this woman, or this one, and the list goes on, while women are told to be faithful to their husbands if they have one and remain "pure" until then. It seems like it could be summed up so much simpler if the laws weren't taking into account the culture they were given to, but they do take that into account and speak into it accordingly. We oversimply the text to make it palatable instead of wrestling with it's complexities. Would love to interact with an article about it all on its own.
Yes! Thank you for sharing. The double standard of men being “rakes” and women being ignorant and pure is very frustrating. They even turned one of my favorite male characters into a “rake” in season 3 because that is the standard set for men in the previous two season. Purity culture definitely dehumanizes men as well as women.
So true. Have you read Non-toxic Masculinity by Zachary Wagner? It’s all about how PC dehumanizes men too!
Thank you for writing this. I very much enjoyed reading it because 1) I had similar thoughts watching the show and 2) I can relate to these myths because I grew up hearing them. In the Armenian culture, these myths are prevalent and as a woman, I always questioned them. I now want to read your book! 🩵
Thank you, Susanna! Were the myths you heard growing up more from your Armenian culture or from a religious culture? I’m curious what your experience was like.
The Armenian culture. I will say though that most Armenians are Christians.
Great comparison! I think it could be titled "What Bridgerton and the OT..." - some form of these teachings have been around for a very long time. We see these behaviors all over ancient cultures as well.....written and noted in the Christian sacred text. Thanks for the comparisons here! Great read.
Thanks, Christina! Yes patriarchy is pervasive in OT times too. Perhaps that could be an article all its own! Are you up for it??
I would LOVE to read an article on it & interact in discussion. Keeping the idea of patriarchy linked closely with these teachings is valuable if not necessary for a broader understanding. I think we soften the blows of OT instructions to continue to build an ethic we "want" to be true. I look at all the laws that say things to men like do not sleep with this woman, or this woman, or this one, and the list goes on, while women are told to be faithful to their husbands if they have one and remain "pure" until then. It seems like it could be summed up so much simpler if the laws weren't taking into account the culture they were given to, but they do take that into account and speak into it accordingly. We oversimply the text to make it palatable instead of wrestling with it's complexities. Would love to interact with an article about it all on its own.