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Why Not Women In Religion?
The New Testament quotes St. Paul (I Timothy 2) as saying that women “must be silent." Deuteronomy declares that if a woman does not bleed on her wedding night, “the men of her town shall stone her to death." An Orthodox Jewish prayer thanks God, “who hast not made me a woman." The Koran stipulates that a woman shall inherit less than a man, and that a woman"s testimony counts for half a man"s. Jainism also prevents the rise of women through the religious hierarchy.
Why though? What is it that keeps women from ascending the religious ladder? Where women have made a name in almost every professional field there is, they remain sorely under represented in the higher echelons of religious service. In the given circumstances – with abuse within the Church coming to the limelight, women being oppressed in the name of religion – one wonders what the situation would be like had male domination not been the norm in religious affairs.
No religion has ever mandated that a woman should be burnt to death on the demise of her husband, that a girl going to school should have acid thrown in her face, that a woman refusing to satiate the sexual desires of her husband should be starved till she complies. Yet, each and every one of these acts has been justified based on a skewed understanding of religion. And what"s more, those being blatantly discriminated against have no voice in the interpretation of their religion!
For many, religion (and not law) defines society. In that context, imagine the effect that a religious push for equality, the rights of widows, the stoppage of female infanticide or against any recognized immoral act would have. Instead, we have conservative religious forces passing fatwas against Muslim women modeling and stating that Sharia law considers it 'haram" to accept a woman"s earnings, blaming revealing clothes of women for earthquakes and calamities…
While
much
of
the
bias
against
women
has
been
based
on
religion,
one
cannot
deny
the
contribution
of
certain
religious
institutions
in
the
upliftment
of
the
very
same
gender.
Unfortunately,
in
the
face
of
the
current
level
of
discrimination,
it"s
too
little,
too
late…
When
survival
was
the
only
word
in
the
human
lexicon,
men
and
women
had
equal
status.
As
we
became
increasingly
“civilized",
society
grew
patriarchal.
From blaming women for the “original sin", organised religion has found myriad ways to subjugate and control women in the name of God. It has been succinctly stated, “A little more matriarchy is what the world needs, and I know it. Period. Paragraph."
I cannot help but agree.
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