The Nature, Dignity and Mission of Woman

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ch. 2 "The Essential Vocation of Woman", § " *Virgo* " on virginity, 1 Cor. 7, [*divisus est*](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/82819/1787)Spiritual motherhood discussed, toop. 90 (PDF p. 92):Trousers emphasize a man's legs,> display […] this special natural characteristic of a man, for whom it is appropriate to strive toward a goal and thus to move and to bring everything around him into motion so as to realize an idea, to plan and build a structure, to have an effect on the world and to set it in motion.> In contrast, a woman in creation represents the element of rest, or interiority, of “God in us”. [cf. [*The Eternal Woman*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=9380) quote on Stehlin p. 22 (PDF p. 24); e.g.: "a man represents the situation at hand, while a woman represents the generation. […] Just as the individual woman on average lives to be older than the man, so too the female line of the generations grows older than the masculine line."] In order to testify to this outwardly, the limbs by which she moves are hidden; one usually does not see her legs. Thus her skirt or her dress emphasizes her character of stability, the tranquil side of the male-female polarity, her role as foundation and preserver of life.