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A sermon issued by Bishop T.D. Jakes on Father’s Day about the state of families and contemporary women is causing a firestorm on social media.
The megachurch pastor’s message argued today’s women aren’t applauded for embracing their femininity, as society’s culture now idealizes women being too independent.
“This breaks all the sociological order of the culture we are living in now. Because we are raising up women to be men,” said Jakes.
“And you are not applauded for your femininity,” the pastor continued, speaking to his female congregation. “You are applauded in the contemporary society by how tough, rough, nasty, mean, aggressive, hateful [and] possessive you are. And you’re climbing the corporate ladder, but we are losing our families.”
“I know you can buy your own car. I know you can buy your own house. But until you create a need that I can pour into, I have no place in your life. So stop coming home bragging to me about how much you don’t need me, and wonder why I shy away,” Jakes added, offering his version of the male perspective.
Titled “Real Men Pour In,” the hour-long sermon has almost 620,000 views on YouTube.
I Swea TD Jakes Can Sue Me But I’m Putting This On My Next Song!!!!! I Can’t Stop Listening To It!! I Just Think This Message Is So Deep!!! 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/qYo3GBECLZ
— Plies (@plies) July 20, 2022
Social Media’s Response
Many internet users have been sharing their disapproving opinions on Jakes’ Father’s Day sermon since clips of the message have recently circulated online.
Since many in the Black church community revere Jakes as a pillar of faith, some Black women feel his message is targeted, irresponsible and misguided.
On Instagram, underneath a clip of Jakes’ sermon, Unfit Christian founder Danyelle Thomas penned: “Between Kim Burrell the Pulpit Bully and TD Jakes mouth breathin’ into the mic to call Black women masculine, I’m exhausted.”
“Y’all still asking women to shrink. Still preaching to us as the problem AND problem solvers. Still shackling misogynoir to virtuous womanhood and calling it God’s word,” Thomas continued. “Y’all still preaching and singing bout love but not living or leaning into it for real. We still letting riffs, runs, and cadence tickle our emotions as ‘the gift comes without repentance’ for folks really doing harm in Jesus’ name.”
“At this rate, the Black Church will die by its own hand. What a disappointment,” her post ended.
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See Twitter’s Reactions To T.D. Jakes’ Sermon Below
IDGAF how popular he is: TD Jakes’ sexist rhetoric in that viral clip is lazy scapegoating.
Some Black women are bitter b/c they’re sick of misogyny the same way some Black ppl are bitter due to racism. To pretend we all just woke up mad for no reason is dishonest and divisive pic.twitter.com/QJMFoyjVlD
— ☼Blue-nita Applebum (@bluecentric) July 19, 2022
Faith spaces have got to stop teaching women to shrink themselves to accommodate the emotional insecurity of men. pic.twitter.com/dgHD5R6nFS
— Chucalissa Cheer Chaplin (@solomonmissouri) July 19, 2022
Basically, TD Jakes is saying, men are tough, rough, nasty, mean, aggressive, hateful, possessive people, who climb the corporate ladder, and lose their families by hurting, betraying, lying, and cheating on women.
— Ace 🇳🇬 (@TalkAmarachi) July 19, 2022
That Bishop TD Jakes clip making the rounds is so dumb. Just say you don’t want women to have a life independently of being a wife & mother.
— VDUB from 75th (@Veronicolumn) July 18, 2022
What also pisses me off about this: TD Jakes has made BANK off of the backs of these very women he is now denigrating. I’d d*e on the hill and say he owes his success to these successful, independent women. So since they soooo out of God’s will maybe they should stop tithing. https://t.co/DZp09bnrSG
— Lucille = Light ✨ (@BlancheLFields) July 19, 2022
I, literally, had to check to see what year TD Jakes was preaching in. 2022???? IN THIS ECONOMY?
— Kimberly Nicole Foster (@KimberlyNFoster) July 19, 2022
This whole movement around blaming Black women for the downfall of the black family, values, culture, etc (looking at Kevin Samuels followers and td jakes) is really misguided. The problem is clearly a lack of strong male leadership/partnership
— Lemon peppa pig (@OliviaToke) July 20, 2022
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