Girl Angels Got The Short End of the Celestial Straw
Members of the original Boy’s Club were super gender snobs
Dudes sucking up all the glory is an age-old story, but in this case, we’re talking Old Testament old.
Females in ancient texts were either paragons’ of virtue, or they used provocative dance moves to get someone beheaded; they double-crossed their lover by cutting off the hair that gave him strength; they disobeyed male orders and were ousted out of paradise or turned into a pillar of salt; and if too old to bear children, they offered their young maid to their similarly withered husband to bed.
Female angels fared no better. Take a look at my Christmas card this year.
Doing dishes, peeling potatoes, stirring the pot — these long-suffering angels are miserable. Especially this sad creature turning the spit!
Clearly, she’s thinking, “How did I end up doing menial domestic chores in a muumuu, while my angel brothers smite…
