In response to my post titled, “Brilliant Woman Can’t Define ‘Woman’” a reader listed some conditions that prevent a woman from getting pregnant, giving birth, etc. Somehow a woman born without the ability to get pregnant or who had her uterus removed was equated with a man’s inability to get pregnant and his lack of a uterus. In the opinion of some, these were reasons to believe that a man’s physical characteristics can make him the same as a woman, or at least enough so that gender is fluid—one can switch back and forth at will.
The conversation continued with the question, “What then does define the difference?”
God defines the difference. Genesis 1:27 tells us, “God created the man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. Male and female he created them.”
There is the continuing argument that some are born in the wrong body. They knew they felt more like the opposite sex from an early age. This can happen. God created all things, including man and woman, and pronounced them all “very good.” Perfect. Then sin entered the world, and all that perfection changed.
Because of our lack of perfection—sin—some are born with a
craving for alcohol. Some with a strong desire to gamble. Some with an insatiable appetite. And, it seems, some are born with a desire to be the opposite sex. However, society doesn’t tell the alcoholic to drink to excess because “that’s the way you were born.” We don’t take one with a gambling addiction to a casino for a night of fun. And we don’t take a dozen donuts to the friend with that insatiable appetite. They know, and we know, they have to learn to control the urges they were born with.
It has become an overused expression, but that is called tough love. We love others enough to help them through their pain. The longer an alcoholic goes without a drink, the stronger the conviction that it can be resisted.
But that is relating only to those who truly are born with such an abnormality. Others are tempted into gender dysphoria by who they associate with, what they are taught, the movies they watch, the books they read—the bad decisions regarding what they permit to enter their mind.
This is why teaching gender dysphoria to small children is so very dangerous. I strongly recommend that you read Chapter 5 in my book, Who’s Got Dibs on Your Kids?. That chapter is titled, “Who’s Got Dibs on Your Kids’ Gender? The Evolution of Conscience.” Here is a short excerpt:
Parents must teach kids at an early age not only God’s Word, but also the beliefs of the enemies of God—inoculating them—so that when they start school their minds and hearts have formed an immune system. It will, as the Center for Disease Control states: “ . . . defend against thousands of attacks every day, doing it so naturally that [they] are not even aware it is happening.”
I am no longer convinced your little kids will be unaware their defenses are rising. When blatant invitations to defy God’s commandments are present as part of regular coursework in school, I pray that they will be aware. I pray that parents will know what is being taught and have conversations with their children about it.
On page 98 of my book, I refer to the Genderbread Man. Now it’s known as the Genderbread Person. All kids know about the Gingerbread Man, so why wouldn’t they be drawn to the Genderbread Person. He’s so cute! They probably won’t recognize the difference immediately between “gingerbread” and “genderbread.”
Following his first round in the Masters this week, Tiger Woods said, “The walking’s not easy, it’s difficult. It’s going to be difficult for the rest of my life. That’s just the way it is but I’m able to do it.” Are you able to walk this walk with your kids? It’s not going to be easy.