Is Egalitarianism Prescriptive or Descriptive, Part 2

Yesterday, we established that there’s nothing inherently wrong with an egalitarian couple choosing a more “traditional” arrangement for their roles in the family. Egalitarian men can make more money than their wives. Egalitarian women can cook and clean with the best of them. If a couple functions well that way, who’s to stop them? Why, then, do egalitarians like myself tend to actively...

Is Egalitarianism Prescriptive or Descriptive?

In all our discussions of egalitarianism vs. complementarianism here at Observational Ginger, very important questions occasionally arise from readers. My oldest childhood friend inspired today’s topic with a question she asked long ago. My answer then was dreadfully inadequate, and since it’s a common question anyway, I thought I’d take a blog post to soothe everyone’s curiosity. (With...

Radio Silence, What’s Next, and A Featured Article

My bovine maternal instinct kicks in.I feel it's been an unpardonably long time since I made any kind of post. I assure you, it's not due to laziness.First, I had to finish up the semester, a challenge all by itself. Then we left on vacation the day after my last set of papers was due.Vacation has been an amazing time to recharge and rethink some things, especially about the way I use technology....