04/26/2026
By John MacArthur
Change “90’s” to today as it still rings true.
“What kind of woman is the prototype of the ’90s woman? What is the modern superwoman supposed to be? Maybe something like this: She works; builds her own career; demands equal pay; refuses to submit to her husband, demanding equality with him in everything; has an affair or two and a divorce or two. She exercises her independence, relies on her own resources, doesn’t want her husband or children to threaten her personal goals, has her own bank account. She hires a maid or a cleaning service; eats out at least 50 percent of the time with her family or without them; makes cold cereal and coffee the standard breakfast for her family, quick frozen meals usual dinner fare, or she calls Domino’s Pizza; expects her husband to do his share of the housework. She is tanned, coiffured, aerobicized, into body-building shape; shops to keep up with the fashion trends; makes sure she can compete in the attention-getting contest; puts the kids in a day care center; makes sure each has a TV in his room, or a radio, or a CD player so they can be entertained. She is opinionated, demanding, wants to be heard, eager to fulfill all of her personal goals.
That is the modern woman of the ’90s that is applauded by the culture. She can’t stay married—or, for that matter, happy—and her kids get into trouble and sometimes drugs. She’s far from the woman God has called the “excellent woman.””
