Feminist Views of Religion

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Feminist Views of Religion
  1. Most Feminists agree with Marxists that religion does not serve the interests of society as a whole but rather serves the interests of patriarchy
    1. Origins of gender inequality in relgion
      1. Karen Armstrong (1993) argues religion has not always been patriarchal and claims that in early history women were considered central to spirituality with few portrayals of male gods
      2. Gender inequality in major religions.
        1. Jean Holm (1994) in the public sphere of religion where important positions are held and public announcements are made, men always dominate however in the private sphere the socialisation of children into a religion within families, women are dominant and do most of the religious work.
        2. Nawal El Saadawi: The Hidden Face of Eve.
          1. Mainly concerned with the oppression of women in the Islamic Arab world.
            1. She argues that women are often oppressed in Islamic states with acts such as female circumcision being the result of male misinterpretations of the Qur'an which distort the true beliefs and are used to justify exploitation of women
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