Last Monday was International Women’s Day. Today happens to be Mother’s Day. Maybe it’s because of the efforts of women we have so many mother’s days.
I just thought I should make some notes on the obvious need for women in our private, social and political lives.
When we look at the Christian world view about the creation of man, it predictably says the first human created was Adam – a man!
I say predictably because, until recent times, it had been a man’s world.
According to the Christian world view, God then created woman from Adam’s ribs. The woman was named Eve.
However, Adam was the first person to fail an examination. It so happened that God had told both of them not to eat fruits from the ‘tree of the knowledge of good and evil’.
However, a snake cunningly introduced Eve to the forbidden fruit, thereby making her commit the ‘Original sin’. When Eve gave the fruit(s?) to Adam, in his gullibility, he also ate it.
But his failure came when God came on his usual rounds of inspection, He then asked Adam, ‘Where are you?’
Adam replied, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, then I hid.’
Even a kindergartener couldn’t have failed such an oral examination!
Women have been wonderful. It’s a common saying that behind every successful man is a woman. That’s true, except for the fact that there should be another saying that behind every man that’s a failure is a bevy of women.
But then, there’s an obvious need for more women as chief executives in politics. Coming from a background of having men in most political offices and their making a mess of it and embarrassing themselves, I believe we need the women who are great schemers and planners.
But then, I won’t be a party to women succeeding just because they happen to be women. I will rather support them paying their dues!
To all women of substance, I say happy women’s day!
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