Summary: From Harmless Housewife to Teen Sex Slave Images of the Female in a Culture of Sex and Violence What happened to Women’s Lib in a culture where Teen Dating Violence is the fastest growing area of violence against women? Contemporary culture is celebrating abuse of power and violence against women again! The line between domestic violence, pornography and slavery in the sex industry get’s blurrier every day.Speak out against violence towards women and a culture which promotes it as the widow speaks out against injustice in Luke 18:1-8. Luke 18:1-8 (NRSV) The Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge 1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.' 4 For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'" 6 And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
