Episode 76: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity? (Part Two)

Welcome to Episode 76 of the Being Human Podcast: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity? (Part Two)

This week, Dr. Greg continues the conversation from Episode #75 on our purpose in being created as male and female, exploring a Catholic vision of complementarity as ordered towards unity between men and women, and breaking open why we need the opposite sex to attain holiness. (Note: Mature Content)

Discussed in this episode:

• The Catholic vision of the human person, created as male and female and ordered towards a purpose; 
• How we are a theology in our masculinity and femininity, with a capacity for fruitfulness stamped into our genetic code from the moment of our conception.
• Giving the gift of ourselves and receiving the gift of others, and how we are changed through this reciprocity of gift; 
• Marriage as a path to holiness, and why we need the opposite sex to attain that holiness; 
• The reason the call to celibacy is a supernatural vocation;  
• The Catholic “both and” of complementarity and equality; 
• How the differences in our brain as male and female give us a natural affinity towards certain skill sets;

Resources mentioned or relevant: 

• Sign up for insider information about our new certification launching in the Fall;
• Listen to episode #75, the first in this series: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity? 
• Ch. 17 of the Theology of the Body (see pg. 43): Man and Woman: A Gift for Each Other 
• Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)
• On the Masculine Genius, an article by Dr. Greg published in Humanum Quarterly Review;
• Watch Fruitfulness is Not a Pillar of the Theology of the Body on YouTube; 
• Learn more about complementarity and the masculine and feminine genius in Dr. Greg’s relationships course: A Marriage Built to Last;
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