This week we discussed gender roles and those roles that are in the family
I really
enjoyed this week’s discussion on the roles of the family and the
gender-typical behaviors. I especially enjoyed the movie that we watched on the
society’s views of what the roles of men and women are. The video discussed whether men and women especially boys and girls choose different toys or activities because that is what they have been taught by society/parents or if that is their biological make-up. The question is do girls play with dolls in a nurturing way because they have been taught to play that way by their parents or society or do they play with dolls because they are biologically made to have special skills to nurture?
I believe that we are
men and women by Heavenly Father’s design and it takes both of us to raise a family.
In a talk by David A. Bednar (who is an apostle of the Lord) entitled: “Marriage is essential to His eternal plan”
he states that “The natures of male and female spirits complete and perfect
each other.” This confirms to me that we were men and women in the pre-mortal life.
We were meant to be the gender that we are and we have divine attributes that
only our gender has and we have to be together in a marriage to be able to
reach our full potential. Women and men complete each other but we are not two halves perfectly split down the middle, we are jagged like a puzzle piece that fit together perfectly, both of us having a little bit of knowledge and completing the other's knowledge and skills.
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and believe very strongly and have a knowledge that men and women are meant to marry and complete each other in their journey through life.
To learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Mormon Church visit:
A link to Elder David A. Bednar's talk:
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