Christians must sublimate their sexual urges. Instead of making babies, they make… uh… toilet tissue holders. Also, Christian women, in certain communities, are discouraged from working outside the home, lest they emasculate their husbands. They have to do something with their time. Crafty things are acceptable.
And if these folks are from the Midwest, then you’ve got the Scandinavian and Germanic work ethic traditions fitting in. What do they say about the devil and idle hands? Anyway, keep those hands busy or you will be doing something unChristian, I think.
And you certainly wouldn’t want women thinking for themselves, would you? I mean, then they’d all turn liberal and vote for Obama, and we can’t have that.