Women, anger and the Fatherhood of God
Have you watched Ms Represented[1] on the ABC? It’s a documentary series on the history of women in politics in Australia and I would highly recommend it to both men and women. It made me rejoice as I thanked God for the people who fought hard so that I can vote. It also made me furious at the misogyny that women in the house of representatives still live with. You will be aware of the recent avalanche of stories about gendered sexual violence. Christian Porter, Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame are just a few of the names making headlines in this area as perpetrators are being called to account. Yet there is another, related narrative, that it is men who are under attack. The criticism of ‘toxic masculinity’ has been perceived in some circles as a judgement that all masculinity is toxic. How do we speak about a God who reveals himself as Father through the Son when these masculine terms themselves are cause for suspicion by some?