The Christian View of Femininity

       The foundation for the Christian view of femininity is first given in Genesis. Both men and women bear the image of God, but in different ways. God calls women to be helpers. This does not mean that He wants them to be slaves. He wants them to be able to help their husbands as well as others through hard and difficult times, as well as keeping the, on track when they stray away from what is right or what they need to be doing. Woman is also called by God to be the completer. Woman was created by God to meet man’s relational needs, which God himself could not do. That is also why women want relationships, which is a feminine quality. Another characteristic of women which is shows in Genesis is that they are life givers. This is not just giving birth to children; this also includes giving emotional life to everyone and everything that they meet. This is the view of femininity that Christians are presented with in the book of Genesis. God has called women, in their own way, to bear His image.