Women Should Not Hold Political Office

The fact that civil leadership by a woman is not part of the general creation order (which it is not), and rule by women generally is treated by Scripture as a curse, which it is, does not mean that any given instance of a woman ruling has to mean that the woman is disobedient, and/or that the men around her are wusses. The Bible never says that. In other words, outside the Church, a woman in a position of authority over men ought to be treated as an anomaly, not as a sin or a disgrace.

Because of the growth of feminism in our culture generally, women have risen to positions of influence in our civil realm. While the Bible does not prohibit women in civil leadership per se—the instance of Deborah comes to mind—the Bible does say that when feminine leadership is common, it should be reckoned not as a blessing but as a curse.

But when you have a society full of beta males and wimps and capons and then half the people receiving PhDs in political science are women, and then we've got more and more women in the Senate and the House and everybody's saying, "Yay, progress," I don't see it as progress at all. I'm happy to budget for the occasional weird thing.

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