The Vocation of a Woman: between Ethos and Existence. Erotic Self-Education

Abstract

The reflection on the vocation of women through the prism of contemporary changes seems to require a new perspective. If love, bearing and raising children are the basic dimensions of woman’s life tasks, this idea cannot be communicated as an absolute duty but as a possible choice. The idea of surrendering a woman to a man through love should be replaced in the dimension of social discourse by perceiving love as a possible choice. Today, subjected love cannot express the nature of the relationship between a woman and a man. The quality of the relationship between a woman and a man depends on the development of one’s ‘ethical eroticism’ and erotic self-education. Upbringing and self-upbringing under Christian inspiration cannot fail to be based on the development of cognitive and volitional powers, in which proper education and training allow for the appropriate approach to vocation and love.