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general, girls seem more interested in relationships than guys. Guys,
in general, seem to be more concerned with competition than girls. And
did I mention emotions? Why is it that girls usually seem more willing
to let theirs show than guys?
This all makes for situations that are fascinating and often funny at the same time. We're both human, but we sure do act, think and respond differently. If we are willing to laugh at ourselves, there is some great humor based on these distinctions.
But seriously, what about these differences? Should we ignore them? Or minimize them so we can all act the same? Are they right, wrong or just different?
Depending on where we turn for answers, we find people who think that the unisex look—where the sexes are not distinguishable by hair or clothing—is the way society should go. Others suggest that people should be free to live as whichever gender they wish, irrespective of how they were born. A few years ago some social activists mistakenly suggested that the concept of gender differences was just a myth—that boys and girls were simply trained from birth to act differently.
As vertical thinkers—people who strive to think on things from God's perspective (Colossians 3:2)—we want to know what God says about these things. We aren't looking primarily to other people to determine how to think and act. And contrary to much of society today, wherein everyone wants to give and believe his or her own opinion, we aren't trying to form our own opinions apart from God. So let's see what God tells us about gender.
At creation, God made human beings both male and female (Genesis 1:27), and He said that this distinction was "very good" (verse 31). So why would anyone want to erase differences in gender or pretend they don't exist?
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