Virtuous Woman
Do Women Really Sin?
What is sin? From the religious point of view, a sin is an act of defiance of set rules. If eating bread is forbidden, then eating it is a sin. In relation to male and female relationships, the woman is expected to submit to the man (Gen 3:16). In this regard, she remains blameless even for acts that she wilfully commits. The silent logic is that a man, in fact, any man should have restrained her; the weak vessel, from committing unwholesome acts, else the blame shifts to the man or all men. Women, like children, are supposed to be weak and maybe feeble-hearted, hence incapable of doing wrong. But every boy is a potential man, who like real men are made strong in body and mind; and as such, capable of self-control for personal accountability, hence capable of committing sin.