Cheryl Schatz

Lin,
I missed seeing your comment while I was writing my response.  You are absolutely right.  While there may be general male and female characteristics, these are not a “given” because we are human first.  I myself am in a field that is populated mostly by men.  There are not too many female apologists although in the last few years more are coming out of the woodwork.  I wake up in the morning thinking about Christian doctrine and if I find a group of men debating doctrine or theology, I find myself right in their midst like a dirty shirt.  I am bored by knitting and “female only” groups focused on recipes.  Being that I myself am an “oddity”, I am way more sensitive to others who also don’t appear to fit into society’s expectations.  I don’t say to the potter “why did you make me like this?”  I just enjoy being who I am and if some refuse to accept my God-given gifts because I am female, then they are the ones missing out.