Our search for truth wherever it may be found often stops at the doorstep of women's and gender studies. There are many questions that we need not fear. Feminist scholars are giving us a history. Personally I am thankful for much of this scholarship. We need to appropriate feminist scholarship where it is good and useful, and we should open up dialogue in this area, one professor and one discipline at a time.
Many barriers exist to constructive dialogue.
We can only deal with our part of the equation. First, we as believers must admit the reality of gender problems in the world and that we are hopelessly lost in this area of life. Across history and societies, women and their contributions have been devalued simply because they are women. The description of fallen humanity recorded in Genesis 3 explains the gender trouble in the world. God knew how large a role this would play in our lives and did not waste any time in pointing it out to us.