Blog Post #3

My issues concerning Dorothy Leigh's piece. 

In Dorothy Leigh’s piece The Mother’s Blessing, she makes a point that there isn't happiness without god. That a person who is ungodly is defined as “wicked.” She states that if a man is godly then he will be able to go about the right way in finding the perfect woman for him.  I think that just because someone is religious and they study the bible, does not mean they have a match maker license! People make mistakes all the time, nobody is perfect. And the reason divorce rates are higher now than ever doesn't always have to be because of how much society has changed but because a lot of people (godly OR ungodly) realize that their significant other wasn't for them. So by Leigh saying that a man can only find a woman through god confuses me.

Also, what if he finds the perfect woman without being godly, or by her religious standards? Or what if he is godly, and finds the perfect woman and she isn't godly? Personally, I believe that drawing lines to which you can and cannot be happy with is the most “wicked,” thing someone can do.

So let’s say two godly people do find each other…

On page 663 Leigh says “Bear with the women, as with the weaker vessel. Here God showeth that it is her imperfection that honoreth thee, and that it is thy perfection that maketh thee to bear with her.”

At first I got the impression that honoring god was enough, but I guess I was wrong. Do women have to then honor their husbands as well? This also confuses me because earlier in the piece she says that sometimes men will try to change their wife into a “servant and drudge.” By “bearing with her,” that makes the woman seem less mentally and/or spiritually. And in my opinion, that’s degrading her just as much as making her a slave. 

PS here's my Medusa Halloween outfit :)