Have you ever wondered why boys and girls are different? Boys think snake hunting is fun and girls would rather play with poly pockets. Not in all cases, I have definetely been snake hunting, and my little brother played poly pockets with me. Now I sometimes wonder my sanity when I was younger and would never go snake hunting again! I grew up with three brothers and they all were different from me in that, they had a natural strength that I didn’t, they liked video games and I got headaches after 20minutes of watching them play, my mom cooked dinner and my dad was usually at work. There are lots of things that can separate a male from a female, in the world today people see that as unequal or unfair, I see it as divine nature and how we were made.
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we believe in a lot of things, but in relation to this topic I know that families are eternal, and we get to live with them forever. I also know that males and females are meant to compliment one another and work together on our differences to bring the best outcomes.
Right now, I wanted to share about the difference between men and women, in order to do that, I will introduce a document called The Family, A Proclamation to the World. This teaches about beliefs I have and the members of The Church of Jesus Christ have. It is written that women are meant to be nurturers and men are to provide, preside, and protect. I believe this is how we are meant to be in this life, not all females are drawn to being nurturing which is totally fine! But I do know that we are born with certain features to be more nurturing. We are given the milk to feed babies, we are built softer to be seen as comforting. Men are given a natural strength, they are built to be stronger, they also usually are seen as the ones who provide with being the main money maker in the family. Again, this is not how every family works, and that is okay! I do believe that we were made to fulfill those roles more so than anything else.
I know that this plays into marriage, and I only want to touch on the topic as it is highly controversial. Yet, it is something I believe in. Men and Women are built to marry and have children together. It is my firm belief that that is what is right. There are people with same sex attraction and I get that, there are some great articles by Dr. Daryl Bem that you can look up with great research on it. I don’t know everything, but I do know that, my husband is there for me in ways that my girlfriends can’t be. He makes me feel safe, he is more logically minded while I think about everything at once. When I hang with the girls, I find that I am not getting needs met conversation wise, and they may understand what I am going through better in certain situations, but I my husband is the one who naturally presides in the home. He is better at directions as males minds tend to be better at, they also tend to have less communication skills but that helps him to listen when I need him to.
I know that I am not a prolific blog writer, or great at sharing my opinions or ideas, but I do know what I believe in. If anyone has questions on my beliefs, or the Proclamation I linked or Dr. Bem’s research, feel free to ask. I believe in eternity, and that we will see loved ones again after they pass away. I believe that we will be with our families again and get to be with them forever. I believe that gender is one of the more fundamental parts of marriage and marrying someone of the opposite sex is what is right. I also believe that as we are all different, a male parent and a female parent in the home will greatly benefit the raising of kids. Thanks for reading this weeks post!
Nicki Hutchings-Taking on Marriage 