Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Eikon.
Egalitarianism tends to obscure the deeper differences between manhood and womanhood.[1] This has not served us well in the last fifty years. It has instead confused millions and muted a crucial summons for a distinctly masculine care.
Unanswered Question
What average man or woman today could answer a little boy’s question: Daddy, what does it mean to grow up and be a man and not a woman? Or a little girl’s question: Mommy, what does it mean to grow up and be a woman and not a man?
Who could answer these questions without diminishing manhood and womanhood into anatomical structures and biological functions? Who could articulate the profound meanings of manhood and womanhood woven differently into a common personhood created differently and equally in the image of God?
How many articles have been written about the meaning of being a “real woman” or “real man” that leave us saying,…
