Misogyny and the Great Philogynist

Misogyny...contempt for women in their very femininity...is everywhere! From Islam we have the kidnapping of Nigerian school girls, honor killings by girls' own brothers, and facial disfiguration of young women because they pursue education. In the "enlightened" West we have a pandemic of pornography,the exportation of abortion to the poor, our Obamic infatuation with and imposition of a Pill that is toxic for the feminine body (not to mention the psyche!), and the subtle and camouflaged voice of a careerist/glamorist culture that taunts each young woman that she is without worth unless she is Smart/Successful (capital S) and/or Sexy (capital S). What is a guy to do? Over 20 years ago I started praying for healing in my own relationships with women. I recognized, with new clarity, my own problems: lust and covetousness of course, but also fear, shame, indifference and a quiet contempt for much of what makes women different from men. My prayers have been answered and I have become a flaming, unrestrained Philogynist: I love women, in their femininity, ecstatically. But...I am still on the road with this one. My philogyny is impure: in some ways I love women too much, in other ways too little. What is a guy to do? My solution: our Lord in the Eucharist!!!! Our Lord Jesus is Himself THE GREAT PHILOGYNIST! He is the one who loves women...all women...every woman...and specifically in their exquisite femininity! He does this because he is strong in his own masculinity: without fear, shame, resentment or weakness. The hidden roots of lust and misogyny are masculine weakness. I know! So every day I approach our Lord in the Eucharist and I pray: "Lord Jesus, share with me your virility: your gentle, quiet, confident strength." "Lord, share with me the way you love women: tenderly, generously, reverently, and chastely!" Do you see why I love THIS GUY so much!!!!