On Gender & Religion

[mlerules]

The Quiverfull movement is an extreme Christian fundamentalist subculture that bans all birth control and encourages women to have as many children as possible. As such, you might not think that the story of a Quiverfull dad confiding in his wife that he wanted to switch sexes and begin living as a woman would end badly. In this case, at least, you'd be wrong.

For additional insights, here're pertinent blog posts of the (original) wife in above article.

Wow. Thx to heron61 for the links.

Comments

[evilgerbil.livejournal.com]

I would totally think it would end badly because of the patriarchal nature of the Quiverfulls. The man is the head of the household as Jesus is the head of the church, and the woman has been provided by God to serve and provide children for the man, as Eve was to Adam. Those are pretty strict and non-egalitarian gender roles to defy.

[shelly-rae.livejournal.com]

That's kinda amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Anon