I think there's an inherent weakness in my own ability to reason that's due to my being female. I know that this is consistent with traditional ideas about the differences between men and women, so I'm not particularly worried about it, or ashamed of it. If I'm not mistaken, intellect is a power rather than a virtue, and it's quite overrated in our culture, as are other traditionally masculine powers. Also, I know that there are women who can reason much better than me, and men who can reason more poorly.
I find in myself what I believe to be a pretty good ability to distinguish between what's right and wrong, and a willingness to change my mind if I'm exposed to a more reasonable position on something, but I seem to need to be exposed to that more reasonable position first, rather than be able to come up with it on my own.
What do you think about this?
One thing I think about it is that it is very well stated. It is good to see people articulate things so clearly, and so accurately. I'm supposing your assessment of yourself is accurate.
The one thing I will disagree with
I think there's an inherent weakness in my own ability to reason
The statement could be objectively accurate but you seem to reason quite well, as good or better than the average man.
Here are my unschooled thoughts on the topic.
Men and women are quite different. Men in general tend to be stronger. Women tend to be better nurturers and more sympathetic to those in need or who have problems.
Men, generally, seem more logical and have the ability to grasp the big picture more readily. Women are more emotional and sometimes their gut reaction to things does more harm than good.
The greatest non-divine human being that ever existed, by far, was a woman and we all know who that is.
Women, in the grand scheme of things, in my opinion, have the potential to make the world much better than men can. They do this by having and raising godly offspring while men play their games, taking two steps forward and two steps back ad infinitem in the work place.
Women can get pregnant, and nourish their children from their own body. Men can't. Women can love their children, spending much more time with them at home than the father and husband, and thereby give our future society the ability to love.
There was a time when I was growing up that when a man spoke improperly in front of a woman the woman would object or at least be embarrassed. Now the women lead the charge and this saddens me greatly.
In my van pool a man will inevitably say something revolving around the topic the world is obsessed with, and the woman, no matter how young or old, married or not, will jump right in and make it worse.
The devil wants to destroy the great woman, the spouse of Christ which is the Church and we see the results. He also wanted to destroy society by attacking the family and destroy the family by destroying its weaker spouse, the women and thereby dragging the rest of humanity down with her.
If women would insist upon being women by acting and dressing like women the world would be a far better place. There would be more jobs available for men who would not have to deal with overly emotional employees and bosses, nor the constant near occasion of sin that is ever placed before them. Children would not be raised by the state and indoctrinated by their anti-Christian propaganda. There would not by body-pierced tattooed heathens prowling about the world in their slovenly and somewhat intimidating manner.
But men have had a hand in these problems and a big hand at that. Men have abandoned women and children and abused their wives, and counted on the wives dependance on them to be able to control them with impunity.
Men have been cowardly and been all to willing to let the women wear the pants in the family and women have been all to willing to take over reducing the man to an over-sized child.
If men would act like men perhaps the women would start acting like women again. Or is it the other way around?