omorka | Things That Piss Me Off #427

See, it's because of crap like this fundamentalist advice column that, once a year, my mother had to ask my father's permission to run the finances of the household. And it hurt her to have to ask, because it was stepping out of her "Christian" place to take the initiative - but she also knew that he was never going to remember to delegate it to her on his own, because he didn't care about the stupid gender roles in Corinthians and Timothy. He let her do the finances for the household because he tried it for three months, back before I was born, and the results were absolutely disastrous.

Key quote:

It is the greatest honor on earth to know your husband is thrilled that you are his woman. It passes all of earth’s blessings to feel his gaze upon you and know that you are his greatest gift, his most prized possession, his best friend, his favorite pastime, his only chum, and his delight as a lover. It is a great joy to know that he is actually proud you are his.

(emphasis added by me)

Because of course women are objects to be owned, to be possessed by a man. Because of course a marriage is a transfer of property from a father to a husband. *incoherent rage*