Christianity, Meet Feminism
The “May Madness” web site, a fake competition between female Seattle Pacific University students for “hottest girl at SPU,” has been taken down and replaced by a site “celebrat[ing] the outstanding activities of all SPU women.”
The site, which disappeared after the Seattle Times and P-I ran stories about it on Friday, included photos and full names of all the women, many of whom wrote indignantly in the comments that they did not consent to have their photos on the site. The comments threads were particularly inflammatory: One commenter called a student “one hot sexy piece of ass”; another called students who complained “sluts”; and still another said the complainers should “sew up [their] vaginas and stop complaining.”
At a rally at SPU’s Martin Square Friday, attended by Stranger intern Kelsey Amble, about 200 students at the conservative Christian school gathered to protest the web site. Rally organizer Kristina Demain said she wasn’t surprised by the site but added, “this is not a Christian attitude and we are Christian women.” Addressing the men who created the web site, Demain continued, “God didn’t make you ignorant, stupid animals who can’t control themselves.” At the end of the rally, Amble reports, the women “huddled in a circle with arms wrapped around one another and prayed.”
Thanks for this heads up about yet more Christian bigotry.
The Jewish religion has always been feminist. Even orthodox Jewish commentators celebrate the female body, and have a sense of humor.
Orthodox Jews certainly would have no problem with a silly website full of half nude Jewish college students.
Christians need to lighten up.