{"id":323,"date":"2008-06-04T05:23:02","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T05:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/conversationswithgod\/2008\/06\/are-women-always-the-temptress.html"},"modified":"2008-06-04T05:23:02","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T05:23:02","slug":"are-women-always-the-temptress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/conversationswithgod\/2008\/06\/are-women-always-the-temptress.html","title":{"rendered":"Are women always the ‘temptress’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In romantic “trysts” that occur outside of an established marriage, why is it that the woman is always the one who wears the scarlet ‘A’? Is not the man equally responsible? For that matter, is it possible that it is not even a question of ‘guilt’? Read this…
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\nWednesday is Question and Answer Day <\/strong>on the blog…a time for exploring many of the questions that people have recently asked about the nine Conversations with God <\/em>books and the New Spirituality. Here’s this week’s entry…
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\nQuestion:<\/strong> A gentlemen in his forties has been asked to leave the bedroom he shared with his wife. She was no longer interested in a physical relationship. Divorce was not even an issue, because of our old country club money and societal standards. Eventually, he and his secretary fell in love and were lovers for some twenty years. She was shunned by the city folk for all those years. Eventually the wife died, and the man and his secretary married. Still, the unacceptance towards the secretary was unbelievable. The man has recently died. The secretary has suffered in silence for over twenty years. My question: why is the woman always the adulterer, and not the man? Perhaps you can further address the meaning of the commitment these two shared. My kindest regards to all of your staff, and love to you. Truly, you are a master. Namaste! M, in York, PA.
\nNeale’s Response:<\/strong> Dear M…Most modern society is based on a patriarchal model which says that men can do no wrong and women are the temptresses and the evil ones among us. Religions are based on this patriarchal model, which is why most religions refuse to allow women to become priests, rabbis, or teachers. They are deemed inherently and genetically unworthy.
\nThe whole story of, and all the fault behind, the so-called \u201cfall of Adam\u201d has been laid at the feet of the temptress Eve, and the stage was set then and there for each gender to play out its role, as men have ordained them. Prior to the patriarchy, the matriarchy had these roles reversed. So for centuries women held positions of influence and power, and men were merely the chattels and possessions, the ones unworthy to become priestesses or to govern the people.
\nWe are now moving at last into a period when true equality of the sexes will be experienced, and where all this double standard nonsense will finally be brought to an end. As to \u201cthe meaning of the commitment these two shared,\u201d I would be the wrong one to assign it a meaning. That has been the problem all along. Others keep assigning it their meanings. The only meaning which matters is what the commitment meant to them.
\n(Ask Neale<\/em> may be accessed on a daily basis in the Messengers\u2019 Circle at Neale’s personal website: www.nealedonaldwalsch.com<\/a>. Each week Neale selects a question from those posted there and publishes it in this blog.)
\nAnd I am so very excited about the response we are receiving from people all over the world to my latest book. Read this, from the U.K.:<\/p>\n

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\nDear Neale…I have finally found some time to sit down and write you an e-mail expressing my utmost gratitude at the work that you do, especially through your books. I am just a third of the way through Happier Than God <\/em>and it is truly life-changing<\/u>.
\nIt explains ‘The Secret’ in the simplest of ways. I have been able to explain it on to my wife and it really has “clicked” with her too. It is almost a troubleshooting guide for people struggling with the teachings of The Secret. So, for this, “thank you.”
\nI am happy to have fallen in love – not with a controlling man in the sky – but with an energy that pervades through all of us. An energy that truly helps with all issues that we come across! You have explained this whole system of creation so basically, yet so thoroughly.
\nOne last time, Neale – “Thank you”. I hope your day is one of the best yet…
\nBest wishes,
\nBrett Sanders
\nBrett Sanders
\nDiet and Exercise Coach
\nwww.NutritionConditionTuition.com
\n07740 353004
\nbrett@sandersuk.com<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just had to share that with you, so that you might know that if you haven’t found a copy of Happier Than God<\/em> yet, well…you’re missing something. Don’t take my word for it. Ask Brett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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