Lydia Brownback offers some sage, balanced words on Beauty and the Business Woman. Commenting on the context in which the Proverbs 31 wife and mother exercised her business skills, Brownback notes: "She exercised these skills for the greater good of others, most especially for her family. Nowhere in this passage of Proverbs do we find anything about achieving personal goals, realizing potential, or seeking fulfillment. We learn from her that exercising business skills and maintaining biblical femininity can certainly go hand-in-hand. It all depends on our reasons for putting these skills to … [Read more...] about Beauty and the Business Woman
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Sorority Discriminates on Basis of Looks
With Tim Challies posting an excellent article on the extraordinatry value of women, I thought I should point to an interesting NY Times story I came across on a sorority (Delta Zeta) who recently choose to remove unattractive women from their chapter in DePauw University (located in Greencastle, Indiana). "Worried that a negative stereotype of the sorority was contributing to a decline in membership that had left its Greek-columned house here half empty, Delta Zeta’s national officers interviewed 35 DePauw members in November, quizzing them about their dedication to recruitment. They judged … [Read more...] about Sorority Discriminates on Basis of Looks