What does biblical femininity really mean?
The term “biblical femininity” gets thrown around in online traditionalism communities a lot. However, what it actually means may not be what you expect.
So, here’s what someone who’s been in Catholic school since they were 5 thinks about femininity as it’s portrayed in the bible.
・❥・When you hear the term “femininity” you likely think of someone obsessed with the colour pink, fairytales and animals. While yes, these things very well may be true to many feminine women: They are not determining factors at all.
Femininity is not about how you look, dress or even what activities you participate in. In fact that couldn’t be further from the truth.
According to the bible, true femininity is entirely rooted in your behaviour. Instead of focusing on physical attributes or hobbies, biblical femininity focuses on how you treat others, your capacity to love, and your ability to live as according to the teachings of the bible.
This includes things such as being nurturing, which while many have attached negative connotations to: Isn’t negative at all.
By no means does biblical femininity call you to always be nurturing in every situation. In fact it never even says you have to have kids, which is often something associated with this term. Yes, God told Adam and Eve to have children, but there is nothing in the bible that says it is immoral not to. Being nurturing is simply the capacity to feel empathy, or to express cognitive empathy if you’re unable to feel emotional empathy.
Being nurturing doesn’t have anything to do with children. Being nurturing means to put others first whenever you reasonably can.
Biblical femininity is about becoming the woman God created you to be. It’s about being yourself unapologetically, and following Christ without a doubt.
・❥・ Before I finish this post I’d also like to add one last note/disclaimer: This post is 100% based on my own interpretations of the bible after 12 and a half years of attending a Catholic school, as well as growing up with Catholic parents. You are free to interpret the bible however you please, this is just one random teenager on the internets opinion <3
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