Has anyone seen that film ‘Stepford Wives’?
I get the impression that’s what the GB are aiming for, women with a quiet and mild spirit, aka total servitude, with a smile!
No wonder so many JW women have breakdowns, and psychosomatic illnesses, they are not robots.
True, God fearing women have to have a balance of compassion with a forthright spirit, but they also have to know when to button their lip and tow the line in the male dominated environment.
200 years ago perhaps that was the norm in society, but nowadays, it’s difficult to accomplish, especially if husbands, elders or not, have also been brought up on unrealistic expectations of others and themselves.
The stress factors must be enormous for some, knowing they will be judged by everyone else on their personal performance and success levels, which have been set by a corporate headship of a few men in a privileged position, who have no idea of what the pawns at bottom of the pile have to wake up to every morning.
Offering platitudes such as ‘make sure you eat properly, get enough rest, are doing all your personal study, getting to all meetings, etc etc does not cut it!
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