I am the daughter of a minister and was married within the Anglican church by the age of 22, but I struggled to find expression within the gender discrimination of fundamentalist Protestantism for my ambitions, my womanhood and myself. | By Kate Milner
Over the past several years I have read with quiet interest commentary related to both family violence and ultra-orthodoxy within the Anglican Church. Both issues are complex, interrelated and, with varying degrees of personal exposure, I find them painful to talk about.
week in and week out, year after year being preached to by men, I was deeply angry and intensely conflicted. As a competitive young woman, I struggled to find expression within the gender discrimination of fundamentalist Protestantism for my ambitions, my womanhood, myself. Amid all the hypocrisy, my father was protective and fought tirelessly over years for the ordination of women against currents of relentless conservatism. He encouraged the education and pursuits of his daughters with the same commitment and pride as for his sons. One of my brothers trained me in athletics and the other did my hair for ballet concerts. Their love, equally shared, is part of the reason I never threw Jesus, or myself for that matter, out with the metaphorical bath water.
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