Me TOO Movement - 480 BC Style - Esther 1-5

Esther 1:10-12 (ESV Strong's)
Queen Vashti's Refusal
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.

Me Too Movement - 480 BC Style

The current ME TOO movement has nothing on what happened with King Ahauerus in 480 BC.  The king had thrown a party to show his power and prestige.  In that process he “beckoned” Queen Vashti was summed to parade in front of the King’s friends and influencers.   The Queen took issue with that.  She decided she would not be paraded in front of men with the googling eyes.   This infuriated the king and Queen Vashti was banished from the king’s presence and never heard from again.  She was the originator of the movement that stated “you will not objectify me.”   The King goes on a hunt for a new female to make his “own,” and that is the subplot of the book of Esther.    Suffice to say that Ahasuerus is an example of the typical mideastern male; the wester male and every male in between. Perhaps the underlying story of the Old Testament is the poor treatment of woman.   God created woman and made her a co-equal partner to man.  Yet, man has displaced this partnership with his own version of superiority.   In the New Testament we see Christ changing both the interaction with woman, as well as their importance in the Kingdom of God.   The roles are defined different than the world would like them today, but the co-equal status of woman in the Body of Christ is undisputed.  Note:

Galatians 3:28 (ESV Strong's)
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

We are ALL ONE in Christ Jesus.  That is not just a doctrinal truth, it is a practical truth.  The objectification of women should not be tolerated in any society.  It should NEVER be a practice in the Church and not be Godly men.  Ahasuerus was a powerful king who wanted woman as toys.   Godly men should oppose this thought and treat woman as the co-equal person in the Body of Christ they were intended to be.