Elmer B. Salonga Fr.

Joselito Buenafe
3
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yr-Theology 23 July 2009
It was one Saturday morning when I enounter a lifestyle tal! show on tele"ision. I
wathed the show #eause their guests for that e$isode are %uite funny& they are im$ersonators
and omedienne. The to$i of the show is a#out #attle of the se'es& who is stronger the man or
the woman( Sine& their guests for that e$isode are all omedienne it was a "ery funny e$isode.
)e"ertheless& I en*oyed wathing their show and it was an eye o$ener for me. +fter wathing the
show I found out the $arado' #etween men and women. They are the same yet they are different.
Today& there are $eo$le who want to de#ate a#out this issue es$eially the feminists. They
insist that women are e%ual to men and sometimes they are stronger than men. They will always
argue that women are not su#ordinate of men. They #elie"ed that women are more su$erior to
men. But for my own o$inion there is nothing to argue a#out who is stronger or su$erior #etween
men and women& #eause when we argue who is more su$erior #etween men and women we lose
the essene of our humanity. ,e missed the uni%ueness of our e'istene- we are #oth the same
yet we are also different. In the sri$ture we !now that .od reated man in his own image
/.en.0-21-223. Sine we are reated in the image of .od and e%ually endowed with rational souls&
we ha"e the same nature and the same origin /444 509363. The di"ine image of .od is $resent in
eah of us. That7s why we need to res$et other $eo$le whether he is a man or she is a woman. If
we disres$et other we also disres$et .od. ,e are reated #oth #y .od out of 8o"e. That7s why
we are alled also to lo"e one another. 9en and women are the same in terms of "oation. ,e
are destined for eternal #eatitude /444 5 02033. 9en and women also $artii$ate in the lights and
$ower of the di"ine s$irit. By our intellet we ha"e our inlination to the order made #y .od. By
free will& we are a$a#le of hoosing what is good and what is #ad for us. +nd in terms of
o#ligation we are o#liged to follow the rules of .od.
9en and women ha"e also differenes. ,hen .od reated us he did not e%ui$$ed us with
e"erything we need for de"elo$ing our #odily and s$iritual life. :e $ut an em$ty s$ae in order
for us to fill u$ and we an only fill this em$ty s$ae through the hel$ of others. That7s why we
are different with eah other. These differenes are seen in terms of age& $hysial a#ilities&
intelletual or moral a$titude. .od did not gi"e us e%ual talents /9atthew 2;-06-303. :e ga"e fi"e to
others and some reei"ed two or three. These differenes #elong to .od7s $lan& who wills that we
should need one another. Share what we ha"e and gi"e what we reei"ed to others. These
differenes are gi"en to us neither to se$arate us nor to reate haos #etween man and woman #ut
to enourage and o#lige $ersons to $ratie generosity& !indness and sharing of goods< they
foster the mutual enrihment of ultures /444 5 09323.
For me there is nothing to de#ate or argue for who is stronger #etween man and woman
for I do #elie"ed that we are #oth one. +s St. =aul said >There is neither Jew nor .ree!& sla"e or
free& there is neither male nor female< for you are all one in 4hrist Jesus /.al.3-21-2?3.