{"id":271,"date":"2011-09-13T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2011\/09\/taking-dominion-by-doing-laundry\/"},"modified":"2012-08-10T00:15:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T04:15:04","slug":"taking-dominion-by-doing-laundry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2011\/09\/taking-dominion-by-doing-laundry.html","title":{"rendered":"Taking Dominion by Doing Laundry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Vision Forum talks a lot about things like <\/span>multigenerational faithfulness<\/span> (i.e., your kids should be clones of you) and the importance of<\/span> taking dominion<\/span> (i.e., take over the country and institute Biblical law complete with stoning). Naturally, then, they put out resources on topics like \u201cTraining Dominion-Oriented Daughters.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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It appears from the cover of this DVD that daughters take dominion by doing laundry. Nice. I mean seriously, thought goes into cover images like these (we hope), and someone really truly honestly decided that the best image to represent dominion-oriented daughters <\/span>is a little girl doing laundry<\/span>. Because, you know, that\u2019s how women take dominion. By doing laundry. Interesting. <\/span>
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This made me wonder. What pictures do they put on DVDs on raising <\/span>sons? <\/span><\/span>So I went to the Vision Forum website, typed in \u201csons,\u201d and limited my search to DVDs. Here is what I found: <\/span>
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No laundry going on here. Instead, it looks rather like Isaac passing his blessing on to Jacob through the laying on of hands. The son looks resolute, ready to conquer the world \u2013 which of course, is exactly what he is supposed to do. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Here they use an old painting of a group of males fishing as an illustration of the relationship between fathers and sons. At least boys get to go fishing \u2013 or is it meant to represent working at a trade alongside your father? Either way, it\u2019s not staying home and doing laundry.<\/span>
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This last one takes the cake. Nothing like throwing in a bit of militarism. Sons go out and protect the family. Sons fight for freedom. Sons are courageous. Sons are strong. Daughters\u2026do laundry.<\/span>
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\nOr am I being unfair? Perhaps other DVDs on raising daughters have more inspiring images than doing laundry? With this question in mind, I went typed in \u201cdaughters\u201d and limited the search to DVDs. The first hit was the one shown above, but there were several others. Let me show you what I found:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ah, I see. Biblical femininity. Daughters aren\u2019t supposed to be strong or brave\u2026they\u2019re supposed to be <\/span>pretty<\/span>. And passive. And non-threatening. And sweet.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Oh now I get it! Boys <\/em>are supposed to go out and fight for their country and support their families, but if girls go out and do any of those things, like the woman in this image, they\u2019re wicked, rebellious, man-hating feminists (note the briefcase). Fortunately, they can be redeemed \u2013 if they return home. And do laundry.<\/span><\/div>\n

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But isn\u2019t this the beauty of Vision Forum\u2019s system \u2013 to convince girls that staying home and doing laundry is somehow just as noble and grandiose as their brothers going out and conquering the world in the public sphere of work, military, and politics? Vision Forum tells girls that they can be great \u2013 if they stay in the home. It tells ten-year-olds that they can do their part in taking dominion by doing the laundry even as their brothers are trained in far, far different pursuits. And like the little girl in the image, many girls who are raised on Vision Forum material can\u2019t see well enough above the pile of laundry to realize that there\u2019s anything else out there for them. <\/span>\u00a0\n

I would say that I don\u2019t think Vision Forum has any idea of the messages it sends to young girls with images like this, except I that think it does. And revels in it. I was one of those girls, and I received the messages loud and clear. My worth was defined by how much housework I did and how well I could take care of babies. <\/span><\/p>\n

And with that, back to the laundry room \u2013 I need to take dominion! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Note: after what Vision Forum did to<\/span> <\/span>this<\/span><\/a> image, I really want to see the original of the fishing painting just to make sure one of those younger boys wasn\u2019t, you know, originally female or something.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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