Feminist perspectives of religion
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- Created on: 08-01-14 17:15
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- Feminist Perspectives of religion
- Does not serve the interests of society as a whole but favours men
- Force preventing social change and maintaining power of the most powerful group- MEN
- Liberal Feminists
- Inequality not natural- due to women being socialised differently- reinforced by sexist laws
- Women's position has improve though
- Jean Holm
- Public Sphere men are dominant, whereas in private sphere women are dominant- socialising children
- Identified inequalities in major religions- Catholicism god, jesus and disciples men, only men can be priests and the bible was written by men
- Acknowledges that position has improved
- Radical Feminists
- Men are responsible for women's oppression, they directly benefit from women's low status
- Daly 1973
- Religion infused with patriarchal ideology
- Provides specific rules for women to follow- Muslim, views form of male domination
- Religion infused with patriarchal ideology
- Kate Millet
- Men socialised into dominant temperament by society's culture
- Simone de Beauvoir
- exploitive and oppressive
- Produces idea that women should suffer in current lives
- Deceives women into believing they are equal to men
- Instrument of male domination- women control religious organisations and claim their authority from religion (e.g. Divine right)
- exploitive and oppressive
- Marxist Feminists
- Role of capitalism reinforcing women's unequal social status
- Capitalism benefits from domination of women- provides them with workforce
- Functions as tool of women's oppression under capitalism- church reinforces traditional gender roles that serves RC
- Traps women in traditional roles- caring for children
- Transmists patriarchal message- women are profane and imperfect
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- Does not serve the interests of society as a whole but favours men
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