Do gender roles apply beyond marriage?

I think most of us would confirm that biological differences play a specific place in defining

the roles of husbands and wives within the marriage covenant, but what about gender distinctions

in broader society and in the workplace?

It's a question from an anonymous young woman who asks this, hello, Pastor John, my question

is whether gender alone should affect the way a Christian views his or her identity,

which a gender alone changed the way he or she behaves, even outside of marriage, if

so how and why?

It seems most questions of this type get answered related to gender roles within the family

and not at the level of mere gender alone, even among singles, Pastor John, what would

you say to her?

Well, the answer is yes, gender alone, that is, our sexual male-ness or female-ness alone

is an essential part of our God-given identity, whether we're married or not.

You are, who you are, everywhere you are, and with whomever you are, your core identity

as male or female does not change according to your audience or your relationships.

You have God-given stability, constancy, in who you are, you're not a chameleon in your

sexual personhood, your sexuality is rooted in your biological and anatomical identity

and more than that.

It's rooted as we are discovering more and more every day in sociological and psychological

research, it's rooted in the distinct workings of the male and female brain and the psychological

outworkings of those distinctions in all of life.

Just go to YouTube and type in almost anything like, are men and women different or men and

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