įeminists have long noted that one of the foremost areas in which Gender Essentialism is damaging is the intersection of patriarchy and the denial of sexual agency to women. These arguments are damaging, as they create a hierarchy which gives preference and power to a distinctly privileged majority over and against a rejected minority. As such, whatever the gender differences purported, all are used to promote some form of binary concept of gender used to denigrate against persons who do not fall within the perceived boundaries of what it means to be “male” and “female.” In fact, the fear of rejection for having a non-conformative identity is often used to control and/or manipulate others into faking a binary identity. Not all Gender Essentialist arguments are the same, but all such arguments are deeply rooted in the propagation of patriarchy. These differences are held to be universal, normative for all people in all places and all times. These differences are said to occur at the very depths of a person’s gender identity and are specifically tied to distinct biological differences that are said to be as distinct as pink and blue. In a nutshell, Gender Essentialism is the belief that there are basic, inviolable differences between men and women. This agenda can be seen clearly by examining the gender essentialist arguments Eggerichs uses to describe the purported differences he has discovered between men and women.

In essence, the entire premise of Love and Respect functions to promote Emerson Eggerichs’ blatant desire to disenfranchise women within Christian marriages, and establish a deeply patriarchal hierarchy within the home. Emerson Eggerichs’ book Love and Respect is, in my opinion, a dangerous and damaging book.

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