Celebrating Women

Written by Stella Ramsaroop


After thousands of years of abuse, educational deprivation and being treated like property, women are finally gettingrepparttar opportunity to blossom likerepparttar 130101 beautiful flowers that they are. The entire month of March is dedicated torepparttar 130102 strength and intelligence ofrepparttar 130103 woman. It’s time to stand tall, to dance uninhibitedly and to give a dainty applause torepparttar 130104 other half ofrepparttar 130105 human race.

According to a pullout inrepparttar 130106 March 12, 2005 issue of The Washington Post, there are 14 women inrepparttar 130107 U.S. Senate, 65 women inrepparttar 130108 U.S. House of Representatives and four women servingrepparttar 130109 U.S. Cabinet. There are also eight women serving as Governors. I’d say that women are finally having a say inrepparttar 130110 world. The whole “hand that rocksrepparttar 130111 cradle” thing is nice, but it’s also just a phrase used to pacifyrepparttar 130112 demand ofrepparttar 130113 woman to be an equal voice of reason concerning decisions that effect her. The pullout also said that one of every four doctors in America today are women, and that number will be growing soon with half of all medical students being female.

It’s about time we got recognized for something more than just beauty. The beauty of women has long been acknowledged. However, by giving a woman recognition for justrepparttar 130114 shallow shell of a fading attribute and no more is just as demeaning as giving her no recognition at all. Though many men still find it hard to reconcile beauty and intelligence inrepparttar 130115 same female, there is no doubt at all that women will soon be on equal par with their male counterparts – in relationships and inrepparttar 130116 office.

We’ve sure come a long way baby, but we still have such a long way to go. The same Washington Post pullout, which was created and edited by women, termed their section, “A Few Who Made a Difference.” This celebration of women has become a spotlight for justrepparttar 130117 exceptional women -repparttar 130118 doctors, legislators and activists. What aboutrepparttar 130119 everyday Jane? She is just as spectacular as a Susan B. Anthony or a Mae Jemison. We should be celebrating all women. We should be celebratingrepparttar 130120 stay-at-home moms andrepparttar 130121 women working atrepparttar 130122 local Wal-Mart too.

Women as Catholic Priests: The Time for Change is Now

Written by Stella Ramsaroop


In ancient Rome,repparttar cradle of democracy, women had no rights. Their place was inrepparttar 130099 home underrepparttar 130100 custody and control ofrepparttar 130101 master ofrepparttar 130102 house, which would often berepparttar 130103 husband or father. Her job was to take care ofrepparttar 130104 house and family. She had no vote, could not govern, nor even conduct her own affairs withoutrepparttar 130105 oversight of a man. These are actions viewed as crude and uncivilized by today’s standards.

However, even during these primitive times of democracy women were still allowed to be priestesses in Rome. The Vestal Virgins were honored and revered by men and women alike for their years of sacrifice and service torepparttar 130106 Goddess Vesta. So how is it that over two thousand years later,repparttar 130107 Catholic Church still refuses to ordain women for service inrepparttar 130108 Church as priests?

Admittedly, it has been only very recently that most of humanity has decided to allow womenrepparttar 130109 privilege of being acknowledge as an equal with men. In fact, it is only withinrepparttar 130110 last century that American women have been allowed to vote or hold a political position. However, during this time women’s rights have made significant advances. Women now work outsiderepparttar 130111 house, hold political office – even at a national level, have ready access to equal education, and yes, they even conduct religious services in many religions.

Even Jewish congregations have women serving as rabbis. In fact, a woman was recently selected to replacerepparttar 130112 retiring male rabbi of a conservative congregation with over 500 families. This is a first for Conservative Judaism, which ordained its first female rabbi in 1985.

I haverepparttar 130113 utmost respect for Scripture and its importance in society, so I do recognizerepparttar 130114 passage fromrepparttar 130115 Apostle Paul requiring women to be silent in churches and saying it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church. Paul instructsrepparttar 130116 women to wait till they get home to ask their husbands any questions they may have aboutrepparttar 130117 service. (1 Corinthians 14:33-35)

Having acknowledgedrepparttar 130118 importance of Scripture, my reverence forrepparttar 130119 Bible, and my knowledge of Paul’s teaching; I now admit that I vehemently disagree withrepparttar 130120 sexism of this passage.

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