I Might Be Done with Dr. Pepper

Dr. Pepper now has a commercial for their new drink, Dr. Pepper 10, that proclaims the drink is not for women. I understand what they are trying to do: they are trying to market this drink towards men. I get that. But at the expense of women? I expect that many women are offended, and rightfully so.

We do not need to be tied to gender roles, defined by anyone. In the book of Galatians, Paul declares that: "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Human-made categories do not need to define us. If a man finds that he is somewhat "macho," as culture defines it, that is okay. But a man that is not macho need not feel that he is not okay, just as women who might not fit into culturally-defined roles does not need to feel less worthy.

I guess that is in my mind because of my life situation right now. I am searching for a position, while my wife has a great job. We are happy and things are going well. I wish I had a job; but I do not despair that I do not. Many people that we meet and talk with think our situation is odd, because I do not have a job that our lives are centered around. In that sense, our situation probably goes against much of what our culture (our traditional culture) has said is "okay."

We do not need to be tied to what others think of our lives, such as the way others define gender roles.