Stereotypes are like cockroaches. They are everywhere, and we are too lazy to kill them.

And after we’re all dead, they’ll still continue to live. We’re all sick of living with them, and every once in a while, an outburst takes us back to its acknowledgment.

Recently, a hashtag called #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear appeared on Twitter & was highly in trend. The thread began about a week ago with an intention to highlight male privilege in Christian communities.

The seed was sown by Christian Author Sarah Bessey, “It was just a conversation I was wanting to have with my followers about something I care about, but it resonated more widely than I expected.”

After her tweet, a lot of women came forward to describe their experiences at Church.

“Women should be silent in the church!” springs to mind. ? #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Sarah Bessey (@sarahbessey) April 19, 2017

“You are an amazing leader! You’d make an excellent pastor’s wife someday!” #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Sarah Bessey (@sarahbessey) April 19, 2017

Here are some of the tweets that followed:

I’m a pastor. So where does your husband pastor? No, I’m the pastor. You pastor together? No, I’m the pastor #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Megan Powell du Toit (@megandutoit) April 20, 2017

“Wait, you can’t be a feminist and a Christian.” #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Kennedy Weber (@xoxkennedyxo) April 20, 2017

“Well if he’s looking at porn, maybe he’s not getting what he needs from you…” #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Erin Steele (@erinjsteele) April 19, 2017

What’s so important about the #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear hashtag is that none of these things are things God said, just other Christians

— Bryn (@brynrdskynrd96) April 20, 2017

“We’ll keep treating you like a child until you marry, then we’ll ignore you while talking to your husband.” #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Michelle Glauser (@MichelleGlauser) April 24, 2017

If you save sex for marriage, you will have a fantasy marriage & your husband will always pursue you forever. #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Jory Micah (@jorymicah) April 24, 2017

#ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear this made me thing of the struggle of trying to explain to men why we need this lol pic.twitter.com/DSmt8zTZvs

— Faith Mauk (@MaukFaith) April 23, 2017

You are responsible for your Christian brother’s sexual purity. #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Laurelin Weiss (@lweiss85) April 23, 2017

“You’re going to be a pastor? You’re single? Well no one will ever marry you. Get used to being alone.” #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

— Katrina (@brgmnk) April 19, 2017

Gosh, it’s not easy being a woman in profession, is it? Or a woman who worships? Or a wife? Where do these rules keep coming in from?