n business (Bransby 39). I find it absurd that women are supposed to strictly just mind their own business all the time. A woman needs not just to mind her business. She needs to be aware of what is going on in the workplace. Gossiping, eavesdropping, and tattle-telling are indeed inappropriate, however, it is enjoyable and acceptable for a woman to socialize and learn about others business in order to make friends. In Bransbys interpretation, she writes that even if nothing seems to go right on the job still dont quit (39). On the contrary, I find that if a woman is unhappy with her work and knows that better opportunities are accessible seek them! In society today, there is no reason for a woman to be completely unhappy at work and continue to be silent and miserable. A woman should use every appropriate option available to have a career that makes her content.Regarding relationships, the Bible has much to say. Of course, interpretations differ and Bransbys certainly are extreme: Whatever happened to the old-fashioned morals of modesty, decency, privacy, abstinence, chastity, fidelity, [and] shame? (55). Bransby answered her own question; these morals disappeared because they are old-fashioned. Society does consider kissing and making-out acceptable around the early teenage years. In biblical times, this may have been considered inappropriate, but the present should not be based Grier 3upon the standards of the past. Bransby goes as far as to depict the perfect men. She relays warning signals of the wrong type of man: has financial difficulty, drinks alcohol, curses, tells dirty jokes, makes excuses, has enemies (57). Today it would be extraordinarily difficult to find a man that has not committed any of the preceding wrongdoings. Additionally, Bransby boldly points out that masturbation is equivalent to self-abuse, just as pre-marital sex (fornication) is wrong as well (71,55). Therefore, it can be understood that...
