The ‘believe me’ gap

Dr Belle Tindall highlights how women are still not taken as seriously as men, but encourages us to stand up against such prejudice – as Jesus did.

Women aren’t believed as readily as men.  

We aren’t taken as seriously, nor are we trusted as frequently. We don’t appear to be considered as reliable in our instincts as men are, nor as sturdy in our remembering – or even as rational in our thinking. 

And that’s nothing new; it’s a story as old as time, a sadness that has been woven into the history of our world. And while the ‘believe me’ gap is (thankfully) shrinking, it’s still very much there.