Comments on: Letters August 2015 https://journeyonline.com.au/letters/letters-august-2015/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 05:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: David Young https://journeyonline.com.au/letters/letters-august-2015/#comment-2787 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:27:38 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=20646#comment-2787 I write as a spiritual seeker recently reconnecting with church after a long absence. I agree with Heather Blake’s letter (Journey – August 2015). I too am opposed to the idea of single sex groups. The church should be about breaking and challenging gender barriers and sexist stereotypes, not creating and reinforcing them.

It makes for a far healthier, progressive and inclusive environment when the sexes mix and relate freely as equals and unique individuals not categorized and divided by attributes such as gender.

As a man who does not fit the typical male stereotype, I feel very uncomfortable and offended when people make gender based assumptions about me. I am tired of people constantly trying to draft me into men’s groups.

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