In other parts of the world sexism is more prominent because males have dominant roles over women and therefore look down upon them. Not only is there sexism, but there is ambivalent sexism which is defined as sexism directed against women based on both positive and negative attitudes (hostility and benevolence) rather than uniform dislike. To better understand ambivalent sexism I took a test that would rate my hostile and ambivalent sexism. The Ambivalent sexism inventory measure how sexist you are towards men and women. My scores from this test were quite surprising to me.
Ryan Shumate Kirkland History 121 14 February 2014 God the Father/ God the Mother The Orthodox Church did not believe in the gnostic views of feminine imagery to describe god. Gnostics viewed Mary Magdalene as a very important figure within the disciples of Jesus Christ. The Orthodox Church had always used masculine terms to describe their deity. God is often called God the Father, The Lord, King of Kings and other masculine titles (Pagels). Orthodox Christians most likely rejected feminine descriptions of God due to the strict gender roles of the time.
Two other females that had nicknames are known as a sexual need in the film because McMurphy invited them over to seduce the guard and Billy. First, women are inferior to men because they were never given a position of power. During the 1960s, woman did not have any experience with power because they still lived in a society where men are taking control. In quote, “These gender roles have been used very successfully to justify inequities, which still occur today, such as excluding women from equal access to leadership and decision – making positions” (Tyson, page 85). Males still see females as patriarchal women, not as leaders or decision makers.
Women’s restriction in the workforce was also because of their forced dependency on men and poor socio-economic status of women. Women were seen to have no intelligence; their higher education was not seen as needed. Only those women who had higher social standings and wealth had a right to higher education. Along with Christian woman’s lack of higher of education, they were highly subordinate to men, meaning their father, brothers, and husband. They were not a loud to own land and also had to pass on their inheritance to their husband.
However if this was the case surely women would recognise that they are being treated unequally. Yet still numerous women attend their organisation and practice their religion. Although highlighted that patriarchy is amongst places of worship, people still attend and ignore the situation that has so been tradition for a long time. Marxist too would criticise religion as it acts as a social control as it exerts male influenced teachings upon women. It also acts as a conservative force and believes it causes retention of traditional values.
Another commonly quoted bible verse that claimed support of the divine right of kings was Romans 13: 1 -2, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.” (New American Bible, New International Version.) In the Divine Right of Kings, princes are “ministers of God and his lieutenants on Earth”. (Bossuet, 1597, as cited in Church, 1959, p.5 – 7) It is also stated in The Divine Right of Kings that “Kings should not believe that they are its masters and may use it as they wish; they should exercise it with fear and restraint as a thing which has come to them from God.” (Bossuet, 1597, as cited in Church, 1959, p.5 – 7) In Europe, the concept of the Divine Right of Kings originated in the Absolutist monarchies of portions of Europe, specifically Eastern Europe, as opposed to the Constitutional monarchies used in Western Europe.
The reaction of the public, mainly the men is shown in the quotations of Source 2 and 3. When reading them we can see that many people felt intimidated by the women’s campaign which did not help them succeed in winning the vote. Although it should be noted that source 3 was from the Times which was against the votes for women; so it’s probably a bias source of information, due to the Times’ belief in the domestic role of women. But this is not important as it still spoke the truth about the unnecessary need of violence while campaigning for the votes for women which would soon be solved by the effort many put in during the WW1. Unlike Emmeline, I think WW1 helped people see beyond the women’s violent actions, and begin to see that women were ready to have the right to vote and be considered as able as men in many ways.
Some of the poor probably had to steal items to keep them afloat, whether it was food, money, or Valuable items and of course if you steal you are already breaking one of god’s rules and they know that you are the devil as the bible leads them to believe. The economic factor did have an impact but it wasn’t as big as the social and religious factor. In truth there were many more factors that contributed to the Salem witch Trials, although I believe they were farfetched. The most likely factor to contribute was the religious factor, which did not allow the puritans to explore ideas outside their church and bible. The social factor was their inability to be a whole community and to know their whereabouts of their neighbor s. The differences in income between them and their neighbors and the amount of taxes each paid took some toll
Hostile sexism is a negative emotion directed towards women such as anger, resentment, revile and so on. The relationship between Lou and Mindy shows hostile sexism in American society. As we all know, Lou doesn't really love Mindy, but he still wants to keep her. As a powerful man, Lou has everything, he has money, status and also he thinks he should have "love". In Lou's mind, women are just goods for powerful men.
All that she owned became her husband’s property and all that she gained during her marriage automatically became her husband’s property. Women of the time did not understand this, because it was ludicrous and unfair. Antebellum women saw no hope of escaping this common law. Women’s caliber of oppression was not as acute as slaves, and they were only allowed a certain amount of bravery, if they wanted to be socially acceptable. Good women of the ear were afraid of the world and of being alone.21 A social convention of the time period was dependent and fearful women made for an appropriate