Respect and protect women

Ever since Eve, women have had a difficult time in this world. They have been targeted by Satan because of their beauty. And too often men have been willing accomplices to Satan, happy to exert some sort of superiority over women.

Here are some things to think about, men:

• While the first woman, Eve, came from a man, every man since that time has come from a woman.
• God's image is reflected in the unity of both male and female.
• For you men that have sons, they are not clones of you. There are genetic characteristics from both your son's mother and you in your son.

God intended us to bond with women in an honoring way. And it's up to us to respect -- and protect -- them. (Gordon Dalbey's "Fight Like a Man" has two excellent chapters -- "The Woman as Ally" and "'Male Headship' and Battling for the Woman" that cover these topics.)