Patriarchy in religion
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- Created on: 08-02-22 13:31
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- Patriarchy in Religion
- places of worship
- often segregate and marginalise women
- eg sitting them behind screens while men take the more central and sacred places.
- taboos regarding women also further their marginalisation
- menstruating women are not allowed to touch the Quran
- Holm argues this is a devaluation of women in religion
- menstruating women are not allowed to touch the Quran
- often segregate and marginalise women
- religious laws and customs
- often give women fewer rights than men
- Woodhead argues that the exclusion fo women from the catholic priesthood is evidence of the Chuches deep unease about the emancipation of women generally
- sacred text
- mainly feature men, usually written by men
- stories often use stereotypes about women
- religious organisations
- male dominated despite women often participating more
- eg. Judaism and Catholics forbid women from being priests
- Armstrong argues that exclusion is evidence of women's marginalisation
- eg. Judaism and Catholics forbid women from being priests
- male dominated despite women often participating more
- places of worship
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