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When men run and hidetheir heads in the sand
I'll fight like a girl.
When men stand and falter,
their hearts in their pants,
I'll fight like a girl.
When no man will rise
and take uo the sword
I will arise
and fight like a girl.
And I will advise
and I will encourage,
steady their shaking legs
because a mother
knows how to teach little boys to walk.
And I will be there
to hold sweaty hands,
give that little push
into the right direction
because a wife knows the words
a man needs to hear.
Why should I not teach,
correct and encourage?
Why should I not lead
or show them the way?
Why should I not heed
God's call above culture?
Why hide my gifts
in the face of need?
Even if men did not
hide their heads in the sand,
I'd fight like a girl.
Even if men would rise
and take up the sword,
I'd fight like a girl.
Because God called a girl,
so a girl will answer,
and fight and lead
and teach and encourage
as God commanded her to.
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The reason why Deborah moved with God's will isn't because she is a woman, it is because she recognised her place and His place in her life; she just so happened to be the o my one at the time to accomplish that because her character and heart attitude towards God which her unique. It was never her gender.
I myself can relate to this; this was the first story Hashem gave me when I found out I was a seer. He clarified through this account that it wasn't my physical attributes (gender, nationality, ethnicity etc) that made me who I am and why He called me out. I was called out because I answered to His call, and I allowed myself to see things in His viewpoint. Same goes for Deborah and other prophets. It's that simple.
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It's sad that there are many people who would block women from doing God's will just because they are women. When as you said God's callling does not depend on our sex, nationality, whatever. That's cool that the story of Deborah inspired you back then.
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"The Bible is what makes me feminist, and especially the Old Testament stories are very empowering in my opinion."
Whoa.........you're a feminist, because of God's Word?
I figured it was the opposite of that. How does that work, may I ask?
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Haha I'll try to keep this short.
Question is of course how you define feminism. True feminism in no way contradicts the Bible. Feminism is about equal worth of both sexes, equality of men and women. Which is a very biblical idea: God created all people in his image (Gen 1).
If you read the stories of the women in the Bible, they often have roles that challenge the patriarchal society they were in and God defends them (e.g. Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law). The Bible is full of women taking on roles the world would have reserved for men, e.g. prophet (Deborah, Huldah, Anna), teacher (Bathsheba, Priscilla, Lois, Eunice), leader (Deborah), warrior (Jael, Judith) and apostle (Junia). The Bible also cares a lot about women's experience and rights e.g. in context of polygamy (Sarah, Hagar, Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, Zilpah, Hanna, Peninna), rape (Bathsheba, Tamar), infertility (so many examples) etc.
Also, Jesus' treatment of women is very challenging to the patriarchal society of his day.
The Bible tells me God created men and women equally, and gave them gifts and calls them to serve him. I see the same kind of thing in feminism which is for the empowerment of women against the constraints set by worldly culture.
Feminism is not about women lording it over men or anything like that. It is about men and women being valued as God's image, being treated as such, and being able to use the gifts God gave them. 
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I NEVER thought of it that way! And I HAVE a Bible that's solely based on women's experience! I need read about Deborah, she sounds like a badass!
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