How Did We Get Here, Ladies?

One day last week I viewed a romantic comedy made in the late forties, starring June Allyson and Van Johnson. In the movie, a young couple dance around the usual plot of boy meets girl; boy looses girl (because of a misunderstanding that makes the young man look entirely unsuitable); the misunderstanding is cleared up, and boy gets girl again. At that point, boy proposes marriage; girl accepts, and all is right with the world. Granted this is not reality, but it illustrates the accepted mores’ of the time.
Later that day, I watched the contemporary reality show, “Clean House.” In that show, a young woman with a teenage daughter lives with a semi-starving artist and his three boys. The men refuse to help around the house, so the woman and her daughter are left to cook and clean. At one point in the episode, the artist presents the woman with an engagement ring. She reacts with elation and relief!

But what choice did she have? She is living in his home; she is sleeping with him daily; she has made him a father figure to her daughter; she has become a mother to his children—and she is probably ironing his shirts!

How did we get to this point? Women aren’t just settling for bad bargains but are overjoyed to do so.
Well, Duh.

It’s time to get back to reality and claim our God-given value. The Bible said it first, “We’re worth it.”