There’s an extremely interesting and thought provoking post at the blog Crystal Spirit about the objectification of women. Not just any women, but “traditional Christian conservative homeschooling” women:

[Objectification] even exists among your “traditional Christian conservative homeschooling” circles. Oh, they’d deny it, I’m sure. After all, God created men and women equal. It’s just that men are more equal than women. Gotta love the Animal Farm twist there.

But how in the world are women being objectified in such a circle? They don’t treat women as sexual objects, after all. Well, maybe not…but I’d venture a guess that they do treat them as objects. See, in your traditional circle, women are expected to stay at home, raise 10+ children, submit to their husband in everything and not question what he says. The man’s word is law. Women are not allowed any say…they are under the authority of their husband. I’ve seen too often this “women can’t have any opinions other than their husband’s mentality”, and it IS objectifying women.

You can read the rest of the post here. It definitely provides an intriguing view point that I haven’t seen addressed before, but does seem worth some consideration.