Book Review: Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild

Quickies
5 out of 5
Recommended for any girl 13-15 {probably more along the lines of 15; it contains some rather mature topics} or older who wants to know how to live for God in a world gone wild
Categories: Christian self-help

Completely unrelated to this review is the disturbing fact that the last book I finished this year was in January and I haven't read another since.

Awkward...

Review
Going into this book, I was pretty comfortable in my conviction that most of it wouldn't be too relatable to my life. I am not a girl-gone-wild {to adopt Mary Kassian's pet phrase}. My upbringing was not conducive to that of even becoming a girl-gone-wild and I really have no interest in changing now.

However, despite myself {and my self-righteousness} I was challenged on several levels.

I found the chapter on modesty to be especially eye-opening. To that point in my life, I had always assumed dressing modestly was merely a point of order for a good, Christian girl and {aside from the fact that my father more or less makes me} I generally tend to cover up because I figure it's what God wants me to do.
Subsequently, I never drew the line that Mary Kassian does from Adam and Eve and the fall in the Garden of Eden to my shopping habits. She makes the point that clothing is a sign of God's redemption. In Adam and Eve's shame, He covered them. When we dress immodestly, we flout God's covering and glory in the shame of the fall. We reject His redemption.

Likewise, her discussion of the roles of males and females was also eye-opening. I am often judgmental of women these days for their feminist views, their destruction of the role of a men and rejection of their need for the other half of the relationship God designed, but tend to ignore the fact that it's not just the blatant, high-level acts that are detrimental.
As I read {Chapter 9, I believe} I was made very aware of my own treatment of guys. I'm not a I-am-woman-hear-me-roar type, but in my own small ways I can be very belittling in my mannerisms towards them. I don't like to ask for their help or admit that they can do things I cannot (or am not very good at. For instance, driving a car in reverse.) and I tend to take on a sarcastic persona when I'm with them and then {bear with me here} I complain that there are no "real men" anymore.
'Tis true that they are difficult to find - and that's partly my fault.
Mary Kassian {among other very revealing points, which I can't get into or we'll be here all day} delves into the relationships between males and females and what they once were and are not anymore in a very candid manner. I was quite convicted and recommend reading the book for further details.

Also interesting were her points on body language {how we appeal to men without using words}, the influence we exert on a relationship {whether good and uplifting or bad and detrimental} and our attitudes concerning the roles we've been given by God to fill in the aforementioned relationship.


For any and all other details, Girls Gone Wise {ect.} does a much better job than I am in the explanation process.

'Till next time!