In my previous set of links I outlined three main areas of conversation around gender & the church. 

1. The differing views on the role of women in the church
2. This one on men and women in society
3. The next one on the transgender movement

So usual disclaimers about not endorsing and not trying to be comprehensive blah blah blah. Let’s get to it.

On men, women & society

• Why Christians Need to Support Women’s Rights and Religious Freedom in the Muslim World
• The Gender War Is On! And Fake
• Why are elite female footballers barred from playing with men? (because rather than elevating women in sport it would probably be the end of women’s sport)
• Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost
• Study finds heterosexual women prefer benevolently sexist men
• The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously
• Whether a Husband Identifies as a Breadwinner Depends on Whether He Respects His Wife’s Career — Not on How Much She Earns
• How Frontier Nuns Challenged Gender Norms
• In Sweden you get paid double to be a parent (paid for by taxes of course)

On masculinity

• On Toxic Masculinity (Part 1)
• On Toxic Masculinity (Part 2)
• The problem of masculinity, in men’s words
• Male Trouble
• What Men Want
• A Man’s Place Is in the Home
• Men Without Chests
• The Gospel: Antidote To Misogyny?

On kids & kids & toys

• The Quiet, Wonderful Rise of Gender-Neutral Toys
• What happens to children’s attitudes when they play with counter-gender toys?
• How to raise a feminist son

On abuse

• Is Domestic Violence Private? On the one hand I think Sessions was right to say that a form of hardship (even abuse) doesn’t necessarily qualify someone for asylum but I also think there could be something very powerful about a country that says: ‘We are a safe refuge for women’ – not sure that country exists yet.
• Why equality is not enough when you’ve been abused
• Is Numbers 5 Good for Women?
• Kidman: ‘Cruise marriage protected me from harassment’ – ponder this sentence: “I married for love, but being married to an extremely powerful man kept me from being sexually harassed.”
• Do Calvinists Believe Myths That Justify Domestic Violence? (the next article is related to this story)
• Steven Sandage And Domestic Violence