(Originally Published on Opulence in the Divine)

Hey Babes,

I was watching a YouTube video from Miss Faye’s World titled, “Men Will Do What You Allow.”  That video, just from the title alone, moved me to chorus to type this post today. The title has been a sentiment I have always had for a while, “When woman do, men follow.”

A lot of us are quick to quote the Bible with verses like Timothy 2:12,  “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” Or Ephesians 5:22, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.” And while these verses are true in the Holy Book and come from God. There is an underlying truth all the way back in the beginning, Genesis.

Think about when Eve ate the apple, both of them had a choice. Now Eve eating the apple was the wrong choice, no denying that, However, many people forget that Adam also had a choice. Quick to condemn Eve into being the true cause of the Fall of Man but was she really. Let us look at Genesis 3:6 “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

Do you see where Adam protested to eating the Fruit, or asking why Eve did what he did? Nope, he ate the fruit if not more quicker than Eve did. Why? Well, I think its rooted in Men’s envy and desire to never be “less” than woman. But that’s another post for another day. So, do women have this passive ability to lead? Yes, we do. It is hidden because it is not a power rooted in domination.

What is that power you may ask? The power of acceptance. As woman, we are receivers. What’s given to us cannot be spread if it’s not accepted. So, if a man brings you, excuse my French, shit, and you accept it, that stench is going to latch on to you. In duality sake, if a man gives you flowers, and you accept it that scent is going to latch to you. Ask yourself my love, what would you rather smell like?

Thanks for tuning in babes!

“Men Will Do What You Allow” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBeb_Z9ZuOY

(All my bible references are from the King James Version)