Re: Fw: Get to know a ...

I cant believe you said that!

First of all, why is it the woman's responsibility to say
"no"? There was a young man that was involved in this
too. I am not saying that the responsibility for teaching
and training sexual morality doesnt begin at home, it
does, but this is clearly a sexist, in the worst kind of
way, attitude.

Second, I think Louise's point, not that I want to speak
for her, is that too often the Christian community
abandons single mothers, whether or not they are young
women living at home that get pregnant, or divorced women
with children. Frankly it is often this attitude that I
find distasteful and un-Christlike. These women, and
their children need our support and our acceptance.

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:48:07 -0500
  "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu> wrote:
> Perhaps the most important choice in these matters is
>for women to say
> no to sex. The latter is what ought to be emphasized at
>home, as well
> as, at school.
>
> Moorad
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
>[mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of Freeman, Louise Margaret
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:35 AM
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: Fw: Get to know a ...
>
> I'll add one too. Get to know a young woman who's
>pregnant, and afraid
> to tell her
> parents. Or one who's told her parents and been told to
>expect no help
> from them. Or one
> who's told the baby's father and been told to expect no
>help from him.
> Or one whose
> parents are more concerned about getting her married
>immediately than
> they are about
> geting her prenatal care. Or one whose boyfriend is
>pressuring her
> daily to abort.
> __
> Louise M. Freeman, PhD
> Psychology Dept
> Mary Baldwin College
> Staunton, VA 24401
> 540-887-7326
>FAX 540-887-7121
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 21 11:11:10 2006