
“What is the feminine?
This Christian anthropology of the sexes is far more profound than the simple biological reductionism advanced by some of the social constructivism asserted by many. It provides the answer to the pilot’s question of where to steer between the Scylla of biological determinism and the Charybdis of contemporary pervasive constructivism.
Thus, Christians and non-Christians as well ought to study the rich and deep anthropology of the sexes in Catholicism in order to find solutions to pressing problems in the areas of family and women’s policies.
The analysis presented by this Letter is something novel and promising in a world where biology has often been given too much emphasis — women are seen merely as child-bearers, as is still the case in many cultures even today — and where also the constructed nature of certain sex roles has been overemphasized, making the differences between the sexes insignificant, a mere “social construct”. This latter ideology is a major problem in the West today.”
Source: https://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/CATHFEM.HTM
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