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desertvixenInspired by a discussion currently going on over in ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tepintzin's LJ, I present a link to The Prairie Muffin Manifesto.
http://buriedtreasurebooks.com/PrairieMuffinManifesto.php
From the page itself:
What is a Prairie Muffin? I borrowed the term from R.C. Sproul, Jr. who jokingly and lovingly called his wife a Prairie Muffin (note: R.C. Sproul, Jr. has nothing to do with the writing of this manifesto). This was in response to those who make snide and derogatory remarks about those of us who choose a quiet life, diligently pursuing our biblical role as women and protecting the innocence of our children. Some women have been caricatured as denim jumper-wearing, Little House on the Prairie-worshiping, baby machines who never trim their hair or wear makeup. Like the Americans who bore the name Yankee Doodle as a badge of honor rather than be cowed by the enemy who used it in a derogatory way, the name Prairie Muffin is meant to convey the message that we are sticking to our convictions despite the silly labels people try to stick on us.
They have 44 points of this manifesto, including such gems as:
Prairie Muffins own aprons and they know how to use them.
Prairie Muffins place their husbands' needs and desires above other obligations, arranging their schedules and responsibilities so that they do not neglect the one who provides for and protects them and their children.
Prairie Muffins are fiercely submissive to God and to their husbands.
Prairie Muffins appreciate godly role models, such as Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Prentiss and Elisabeth Elliot. They do not idolize Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie) or Louisa May Alcott (Little Women); while they may enjoy aspects of home life presented in their books, PMs understand that the latent humanism and feminism in these stories and in the lives of these women is not worthy of emulation.
Prairie Muffins make significant economic contributions to their households in many ways. They are careful with the hard-earned money that their husbands bring home, wisely weighing expenditures to ensure that they stretch the dollars as far as they can go, without being parsimonious. They also may help their husbands in their husbands' callings or bring money into their households through homecentered business under their husbands' authority, as long as that activity does not detract from their very important homekeeping duties.
Prairie Muffins mind their own business. While that business may include encouraging other women "to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored," it most emphatically excludes encouraging other women to run ahead of or resist the authority of their husbands or elders in pursuit of any PM distinctive.
Her home is the center of the Prairie Muffin's activities. Of course, she needs to occasionally go away from home to engage in various activities related to her calling, but her focus is on making home a haven for her husband and children and using it to glorify God in whatever ministry to others He may call her. She is content in her home and does not see it as a prison from which she constantly must escape. She wisely rules over her domain by keeping busy in her full-time calling as homekeeper.
Though we abhor the idea of women being involved in the military and fighting battles which men are commanded to fight, Prairie Muffins recognize that there is a real battle in which they are on the front lines: the battle of the seed of the woman against the seed of the serpent. In this most-important conflict, we gratefully serve King Jesus in the capacity He has given us, waving our wooden spoons and rallying our children to stand alongside us in the battle, training them to be mighty warriors in the defense and furthering of God's kingdom.
Prairie Muffins are happy to be girls—they rejoice in the distinctives which God sovereignly bestowed on them which make them feminine. They are also happy that their husbands are masculine, and they do not diminish that masculinity by harping on habits which emanate from the fact that boys will be boys, even when they grow up. In addition, Prairie Muffins are careful not to use their feminine, hormotional weaknesses to excuse sinful attitudes and actions, but learn to depend more and more on God's grace and strength in the midst of any monthly trials.
*****
I would have to say this falls under the category of things which are a choice, and are okay when confined to one's own life.
Just please, keep it far, far away from me.
DV
tepintzin's LJ, I present a link to The Prairie Muffin Manifesto.http://buriedtreasurebooks.com/PrairieMuffinManifesto.php
From the page itself:
What is a Prairie Muffin? I borrowed the term from R.C. Sproul, Jr. who jokingly and lovingly called his wife a Prairie Muffin (note: R.C. Sproul, Jr. has nothing to do with the writing of this manifesto). This was in response to those who make snide and derogatory remarks about those of us who choose a quiet life, diligently pursuing our biblical role as women and protecting the innocence of our children. Some women have been caricatured as denim jumper-wearing, Little House on the Prairie-worshiping, baby machines who never trim their hair or wear makeup. Like the Americans who bore the name Yankee Doodle as a badge of honor rather than be cowed by the enemy who used it in a derogatory way, the name Prairie Muffin is meant to convey the message that we are sticking to our convictions despite the silly labels people try to stick on us.
They have 44 points of this manifesto, including such gems as:
Prairie Muffins own aprons and they know how to use them.
Prairie Muffins place their husbands' needs and desires above other obligations, arranging their schedules and responsibilities so that they do not neglect the one who provides for and protects them and their children.
Prairie Muffins are fiercely submissive to God and to their husbands.
Prairie Muffins appreciate godly role models, such as Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Prentiss and Elisabeth Elliot. They do not idolize Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie) or Louisa May Alcott (Little Women); while they may enjoy aspects of home life presented in their books, PMs understand that the latent humanism and feminism in these stories and in the lives of these women is not worthy of emulation.
Prairie Muffins make significant economic contributions to their households in many ways. They are careful with the hard-earned money that their husbands bring home, wisely weighing expenditures to ensure that they stretch the dollars as far as they can go, without being parsimonious. They also may help their husbands in their husbands' callings or bring money into their households through homecentered business under their husbands' authority, as long as that activity does not detract from their very important homekeeping duties.
Prairie Muffins mind their own business. While that business may include encouraging other women "to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored," it most emphatically excludes encouraging other women to run ahead of or resist the authority of their husbands or elders in pursuit of any PM distinctive.
Her home is the center of the Prairie Muffin's activities. Of course, she needs to occasionally go away from home to engage in various activities related to her calling, but her focus is on making home a haven for her husband and children and using it to glorify God in whatever ministry to others He may call her. She is content in her home and does not see it as a prison from which she constantly must escape. She wisely rules over her domain by keeping busy in her full-time calling as homekeeper.
Though we abhor the idea of women being involved in the military and fighting battles which men are commanded to fight, Prairie Muffins recognize that there is a real battle in which they are on the front lines: the battle of the seed of the woman against the seed of the serpent. In this most-important conflict, we gratefully serve King Jesus in the capacity He has given us, waving our wooden spoons and rallying our children to stand alongside us in the battle, training them to be mighty warriors in the defense and furthering of God's kingdom.
Prairie Muffins are happy to be girls—they rejoice in the distinctives which God sovereignly bestowed on them which make them feminine. They are also happy that their husbands are masculine, and they do not diminish that masculinity by harping on habits which emanate from the fact that boys will be boys, even when they grow up. In addition, Prairie Muffins are careful not to use their feminine, hormotional weaknesses to excuse sinful attitudes and actions, but learn to depend more and more on God's grace and strength in the midst of any monthly trials.
*****
I would have to say this falls under the category of things which are a choice, and are okay when confined to one's own life.
Just please, keep it far, far away from me.
DV
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Date: 2006-07-16 04:14 am (UTC)There is nothing wrong with domesticity, with the pleasures of hearth and home.
But.
The secular humanism of Laura Ingalls Wilder? Why, because she teaches school for a few years prior to marriage?
Uh. No.
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Date: 2006-07-16 04:28 pm (UTC)Not sure if it's the teaching school, or all the instances where she goes out in the field and does what might be considered "men's work" because her father has no sons.
But, yes, on the scary side.
DV
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Date: 2006-07-16 06:54 pm (UTC)So presumably Ma had to pick up a rifle and hunt once in a while too. Horrors!
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Date: 2006-07-20 08:24 am (UTC)Some of my favorite books, really
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Date: 2006-07-16 12:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-16 07:13 pm (UTC)"The Prairie Muffin Manifesto" seems a rather appropriate title now that I know more.
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Date: 2006-07-16 07:47 pm (UTC)If you google it, there's LOTS of references to that word picture.
DV
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Date: 2006-07-16 07:28 pm (UTC)TK
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Date: 2006-07-16 07:46 pm (UTC)The second one goes more to what bothers me. If YOU want to live a certain way, be my guest - just don't do anything illegal, or we'll exercise our rights under those pesky laws.
It's when you get the people who think that everyone should live this way that I start to be scared.
If you don't feel that women should vote, don't. Be my guest. I, however, am going to exercise my rights.
DV
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Date: 2006-07-16 08:01 pm (UTC)Wow. That is *one* scary threat.
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Date: 2006-07-16 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-16 10:57 pm (UTC)I just wish some women would accept that it's OKAY to be a stay-at-home mom and it's OKAY to be a working mom. I've done both; each have their advantages and detractions. There is no *one* recipe (heh) for success as a woman or as a member of a family. And when you get toasted by both ends of the mitt-holders, it's not a winning dessert (g).
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Date: 2006-07-16 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-16 11:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-20 08:25 am (UTC)If you plan on doing any serious cooking or baking they spare one's clothes wonderfully.
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Date: 2006-07-20 04:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-16 10:51 pm (UTC)The last time I checked, women have a choice to be homemakers or to work in the work force. If a woman chooses to stay at home, that is her choice and I have a hard time thinking she would feel like she was in prison. It's when she's forced to stay at home is when the home becomes a prison. I'm certainly not saying that staying at home (mother or not) is easy work, but it's not for everyone, either.
This looks like it could belong in Fundies Say the Darndest Things (
Virtue isn't virtue without the freedom to choose it.
Date: 2006-07-20 08:30 am (UTC)Of course, like the Amish; that only works because they've got the freedom to stay or go.