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HOLY WOMEN?! [A thread]
~Sorry this is how I endure my fits of rage.
~Sorry this is how I endure my fits of rage.
The clash between fundamentalism and modernity has had the autonomy of a women as a playground. It's not mere sexism, but outright misogyny that is reflected upon larger belief systems associated with specific hierarchies of values. (1)
And one of the strongest social institutions that create and justify specific hierarchies of values is religion. The values inherent in religious beliefs (perhaps inadvertently) propagate an unequal status quo between men and women through...(2)
endorsement of ideologies linked to benevolent sexism. Religious individuals appear to value the societal status quo, tradition, and conformity, which leads them to perceive women through the lens of traditional social roles. The notion about the inferiority of women is...(3)
explicitly woven into the dogma and traditions of all mainstream religions. A belief that men are of higher spiritual authority to women. God is subjected as a Man, and his agents are male dominant. Religious texts reckon the mental, moral,...(4)
and spiritual inferiority of women, and religion is used to vindicate blatant forms of gender inequality all around the world.
The manifestations of institutionalized and social misogyny is still encountered everywhere in the world— in laws...(5)
The manifestations of institutionalized and social misogyny is still encountered everywhere in the world— in laws...(5)
restricting reproductive rights (specifically birth control and abortion) which avert a woman from dictating her own life, social barriers to accessing political and economic power, rape culture, sexual harassment, and acceptance of domestic abuse...(6)
The premise for this patriarchal abuse against women stems from religion(too). All three Abrahamic religions have historically devalued women; in fact, the fall of man is placed right at the feet of Eve, a perfect indication of the role women will play in the religion. (7)
Let's take christianity, biblical verses, as the doctrines are not shy to be evident:
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Virgin women who were raped by a man were to be married by their rapist once he pays fifty shekels of silver to her father ~ Deuteronomy 22:28-29.....The list goes on: ...(9)
The menstural blood is considered to be a defilement; a menstruating woman was "put apart for her uncleanness," and a man was not allowed to approach the altar if he had touched menstrual blood without ritual washing (Leviticus 15:19)...(10)
I, hereby, leave you to your own interpretations and conclusions.
