(AgapePress) - A conservative Christian radio commentator and Baptist pastor says America is a thoroughly feminized nation where women dominate the home, church, and the country's political structure.

Dr. Chuck Baldwin says men once took pride in being the spiritual heads of their homes -- but now he is not certain if masculine men are even desirable anymore. Baldwin says the entire American political agenda is driven by "radical feminism." However, he says, that is not the ultimate problem. According to him, it all starts in the home.

"I think most of the homes of this country, including those that are in the church, are dominated and controlled by women," Baldwin says. "We know that there are more and more children that are being raised in single-parent homes, [and] the vast majority of those are headed by women."

Baldwin says even in the traditional two-parent family, many men have surrendered their God-given headship to women. This, he says, is "the sign of a nation in trouble."

The feminizing of America, he says, is the result of a nation that is increasingly turning its back on God and biblical principles. "As a society [we have] repudiated the laws of God relative to moral behavior, family life, etc., for at least four decades," he says. "The further down the road of rebellion we go, the more difficult it is to turn it around."

In a column last week, Baldwin said the exact cause of the feminizing of America is difficult to pinpoint. He wonders if radical feminism caused men to abandon their God-given responsibilities, or if that abandonment created the vacuum from which radical feminism grew.

"It is the old chicken or the egg question," he wrote. "However, one thing is sure: men have abandoned their responsibilities of leadership, and our nation is going down the tubes because of it."

He notes that one Old Testament prophet warned that one of the marks of a nation under divine judgment is when "women rule over them." (Isaiah 3:12)

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