The Woman Up Series at Simple Marriage Project
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A couple of weeks ago, The Man Up Series was launched at The Simple Marriage Project. There has been a tremendous response from this series. Just in case you missed any posts thus far, here they are:
In the coming weeks, The Woman Up Series will begin, covering the female perspective. It seems that our society has been hard on women. There are many roles a woman plays today; wife, mother, employee, boss, housekeeper, cook, lover, friend, to name a few. Each of these roles are filled with blessings and perils.
Many women seem to get caught in the trap of either being too submissive and run-over by others or too independent and risk being thought of as that colorful “b” word.
Woman was designed as a manifestation of God’s beauty. But she is much more than an object.
Our society, and more importantly our marriages and families, need women to “woman up” in the same way that men need to “man up.” To “woman up” means she stands up for herself and her dreams as a woman. She is willing to go toe-to-toe for herself first, then her family. To follow and live out her dreams. To be the beauty in the story and play a vital role in the adventure of life.
I am not going to attempt to cover this series, instead it will be written by my wife as well as a few guest posts from some fellow bloggers. Not only has my wife had to put up with me for the past 15 years, she has also been the major breadwinner, a mom, a boss (to others beyond just myself), a daughter and a friend. She has done all this with grace and class.
I look forward to the dialogue between the perspectives. Again, if you have any issue or topic you would like to see covered in either series, fell free to post them in the comments below.
Corey is the editor of Simple Marriage as well as a licensed marriage & family therapist. While he has a Ph.D. in Family Therapy, he only occasionally likes to be called doctor. If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe so you don't miss any future posts.7 Responses to “The Woman Up Series at Simple Marriage Project”
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Allowing ourselfves to be who we are and not so much what others expect us to be. The feel ok with being strong, or weak, or sexy. To be ok with having feeling past those of polly anna prude. To go for your passions and dreams. To not feel like it is your job to keep everyone together and functioning. To not need to be rescued but to recuse yourself but at the same time enjoy the idea of a knight's persuit of you. Balancing all the contradictions in your heart. Balancing the roles and demands. Not feeling that taking care of yourself is a selfish act. Letting others be who they are especially when it is not what we would have chosen for them. To figure out how to live fully. To resist the tempation of fantacy that is harmful. To live with a husband who is amoung the living dead (checked out emotionally but still has a heartbeat.) how to deal with hubs who want you to go sexually where you cannot. then gets angry.
How's that for brainstorming??
Body image and believe the arrows from your past that have told you that you are not feminine nor pretty. You are awkward and undesirable.
@Laurie- Thanks for the list of things. We already plan on a few of these things.
Woman Up Series: What do you do with your life when you have spent most of your life raising kids and they are just about out of the house? How much of your “insides” do you share with your husband? Should some of your “insides” be shared with a trusted friend and not your husband? If you don't agree with some ways your husband parents, what do you do? If your husband doesn't take the lead in some things, should you take the lead?
How to be sexy when you don't feel it.
I can't promise that we can get to all these ideas, but we'll cover the ones we can. Thanks for the thoughts.
I can't promise that we can get to all these ideas, but we'll cover the ones we can. Thanks for the thoughts.