On the show “Being Mary Jane”, it showed that forty two percent of black women are not married. A lot of black women seem to be having trouble finding a good man these days. Some black women just want to be with a man because they don’t want to end up lonely for the rest of their lives while other single black women are even being pressured by their families to hurry and find a good man. In Involuntarily Free: Single women in the believing community (2002) it talks about how single women in the church have a hard time looking for a man. The article also talks about how the church views single women and how it can have a negative impact. According to the article, the women in the church felt very guilty for being single and even felt that god was judging them because of it. They also believe that it was god’s job to help them find a man to marry and that it all was supposed to be a part of his plan. The article goes on to mention that when single women cannot find a man in the church they are more likely to marry someone who is an outside of the church. The women are also more likely to …show more content…
One strategy that could be helpful was that if there was an event going on in the church or some type of community project that needed to be work on. The article suggested that this will be a great way for single women to meet men in the church that are also single as well. The problems in the church due to single women didn’t come without bringing some controversy. The article brought up the fact that being married seems to be an important part in the church community. Single women in the church were found to be a threat to married men because they were afraid of the fact that their husbands might be taken away from them. The church also believed that single women were immature and inappropriate to be involved in church
The film that I decided to watch for this assignment was the show Jane the Virgin. The film is about a working and religious young Latina virgin, who becomes pregnant after being unintentionally artificially impregnated. The program humorously mocks commonly used figures and plans in Latin telenovelas. The show has never shied away from getting into political topics, which is why it is one of the most advanced shows on TV right now. The intersectionality aspect in Jane the Virgin is how the show gives us a lesson about abortion, teen pregnancy, and the institutional racism that Latino people face.
This book is a study of the personal tales of many single mothers, with intentions to understand why single mothers from poor urban neighborhoods are increasingly having children out of wedlock at a young age and without promise of marrying their fathers. The authors chose to research their study in Philadelphia’s eight most devastated neighborhoods, where oppression and danger are high and substantial job opportunities are rare. They provide an excellent education against the myth that poor young urban women are having children due to a lack of education on birth control or because they intend to work the welfare system. Instead, having children is their best and perhaps only means of obtaining the purpose, validation and companionship that is otherwise difficult to find in the areas in which they live. For many of them, their child is the biggest promise they have to a better future. They also believe that though their life may not have been what they want, they want their child to have more and better opportunities and make it their life’s work to provide that.
Maffly-Kipp, L. (2001). The Church in the Southern Black Community: Introduction. The Church in the Southern Black Community: Introduction. Retrieved March 17, 2014, from http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/intro.html
Numerous women in history, have negative stigmas attached to them simply for, well, being women and just like a phrase in the Bible says; “Sin began with a woman and thanks to her we all must die”. However, the Bible states that all men are created equal, that “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”, however, as you read through the passages and see the roles each human plays in them, which greatly differs depending gender, one can easily come to the realization that this is not entirely true. Jacobs writes that “Married women are not allowed to sleep around… Married men on the other hand… well they have more leeway…” (page 135) noting that there is in fact inequality and he tries to show this as much as he can throughout the book. As one reads through the Bible, and tries to grasp and follow every rule given, one learns not to be and feel equal but to behave and act “correctly” and accordingly to gender roles, roles that gives too much liberty to men and very little to women when clearly the Bible says we are ...
Regardless of its weaknesses, the book Women, Church, God, by Rosado, is a great socio-biblical study on how women were treated in a patriarchal society, how Jesus lovingly treated them, and reading it is a great way to learn more about who God is. This book is written for the average Christian, or Seventh-day Adventist, as well as for Biblical scholars; it will help these audiences better understand these topics, and help them form an opinion about many controversial topics in Christian society today, such as women’s ordination and the church. This book provides a satisfying journey, full of many Biblical examples of Christ’s love for His Church, and treatment of women; it is an excellent book worth reading.
In the book, Inequalities of Love by Averil Y. Clarke uses the personal narratives of college-educated black women in-order to describe the difficulties one faces when trying to date, marry, or have children. Clarke writes that all women, regardless of race, must give up romantic relationships and family in-order to obtain an advanced education and have professional careers. Clarke’s research reveals that educated black women have disadvantages in romance and starting a family because the system of racial inequality and discrimination. Throughout Clarke’s research, she notices that women of color return to their incompatible significant other as they lose hope of finding their ideal partner and reject the idea of having children before marriage because it seems to encourage a negative stereotype of black women’s sexuality.
“Today as we experience the early part of the 21st century, the church remains at the center of community life, attending to the social, spiritual, and psychological needs of scores of African Americans. No other institution has claimed the loyalty and attention of African Americans as has the church” (Lee, 2006, p. 114). An overwhelming majority of African Americans rely solely on their faith and trust in a higher being in times of difficulty and crisis regardless of the nature or extent of the situation. “In traditional African societies, religion/spirituality permeated human existence. An individual’s entire life was spiritual phenomenon. Spirituality was an integral part of a unity principle in which humans, animals, plants, and natural phenomena were interrelated in a natural order with God being the driving force” (Lee, 2006, p. 58). While there is nothing that makes this belief or set of beliefs completely wrong, such practice limits their resources and excludes all other avenues of assistance. Group counseling is one of th...
Research studies have shown that African Americans are currently the least likely ethnic group to be married in this country. This paper will examine some of the reasons why this trend exists when there was a time when marriage rates among blacks were about equal to those of whites. History, culture, economics and dominant culture influences have impacted the current trends in African American families. Many are choosing to postpone marriage, while others are finding alternative ways to cultivate family and raise children. Does the African American definition of family differ from that of the dominant culture? How has ecological systems influenced past and present trends in African American families? These questions and more are examined in this paper.
Jane leaves Gateshead for Lowood Institution, a charity school. Despite the unwelcoming conditions of the institution, Jane is able to develop into a woman due to the influence of the next positive role model in her life, Helen Burns. Helen Burn is Jane’s eventual best friend. She is an intelligent, composed, and kind young woman. But more importantly, she is devoutly religious. Her steadfast faith in God provides Jane an exemplary model of a female Christian. Helen teaches Jane important aspects of Christianity that influence her later life decisions. The first thing Helen does is tell Jane to read the New Testament on follow Christ’s example. “Love your enemies; bless them that curse you,” (Bronte 55) she says, teaching Jane her first lesson: forgiveness. This lesson gives Jane the ability to eventually let go of her hatred of those who wronged her and helped eliminate the bitterness building up inside her. This is especially important when it come to Rochester. Jane left Rochester after finding he kept the truth about Bertha from her, but her love for him and her ability to forgive drives her come back.
Dickerson, Bette J. 1995. African American Single Mothers: Understanding their lives and Families. Sage Publications. Thousand Oaks.
Stephanie Coontz, author of The Evolution of Matrimony: The Changing Social Context of Marriage, writes that there has been more changes in marriage in the past 30 years then there was in the 3,000 years earlier. With these changes there are no religious or cultural exclusions. Coontz claims, “Right here is America’s Bible belt exist some of the highest rates of divorce and unwed motherhood in the country, and born again Christians d...
Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation provides insight on what it is like being a single woman living in America in current and past times. Traister interviewed more than 100 single women to give their personal stories, which makes the readers think about themselves and how they can relate to them. All the Single Ladies is an investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in America. Traister argues that there are unknown unset society rules for women that women are expected to fulfill like marriage and children and those cliché stereotypes must be broken. Some women desire to be married and other women are concentrated on finding themselves which Traister argues
What do we make of this amusing correlation? I doubt that religiosity directly causes divorce, but in some cases it may cause marriage, by condemning premarital sex and cohabitation as sinful; and marriage, of course, is the one indisputable cause of divorce. Marry in haste; divorce when you come to your senses. “I had this vision that this is just what people do; Get married, have kids and Christ comes back,” one Oklahoma divorcee told the New York Times.
From the book of Proverbs, we are also told that God designed marriage and sex not only as a means for bringing children into this world, but also as God's appointed means for a man to find pleasure in his wife. In the New Testament, we are told that Jesus attended a wedding in Cana of Galilee and miraculously provided wine when their supplies were exhausted. The Apostle Paul also had a great deal to say about the covenant that God ordained between man and woman. Paul assumed that elders and deacons would be married and have bare children. Paul also encouraged younger widows to marry and he claimed the right as an apostle to lead a wife.
The Feminist and the Stereotype Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, published under her surname, Currer Bell, featured the character of Jane Eyre, an outspoken, independent, and unapologetic woman in a time where such a thing was mostly unheard of and socially unacceptable. In contrast, Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte falls into the trope of a socially ostracized and emotionally wounded male hero. When comparing the two, it becomes clear that Jane Eyre is the better protagonist. Firstly, Jane was revolutionary for her time, being an independent woman in the Victorian era, something which cannot be said for Heathcliff. Additionally, Jane undergoes character development and has a character arch which is not present in Heathcliff.