Career Counseling for Single Women Missionaries

Jokes about single women missionaries bother me. First, for what they reveal about the people who tell them - Christians should reject all humor made at other's expense. Second, for what I fear is revealed about the women referred to - our failure to protect their dignity and personhood has helped produce characteristics that become the basis for those jokes.

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Career Counseling for Single Women Missionaries

Jokes about single women missionaries bother me. First, for what they reveal about the people who tell them – Christians should reject all humor made at other’s expense. Second, for what I fear is revealed about the women referred to – our failure to protect their dignity and personhood has helped produce characteristics that become the basis for those jokes.