some people would say the the reiligion is offensive and opressive towards women. some would say that the religion is even slave like towards women. however the women and men that particepate in the islamic religion would say that islam for women has been viewed wrong and that actually egalitaran, specially on its veiws about the sexs. some of the islamic followers would say more than Judaism and or Christianity. conventional veiws suggest that the west sees women of islam as a opressive object instead of a counterpart , in the islamic movement.
Critically examine the relationship between gender, religious participation and religious organisations. (40) Many feminist sociologists argue that religious institutions and beliefs help legitimise gender inequality. Like Marxists, feminists argue that religion is a source of domination and oppression. However, unlike Marxism, they see religion as a product of patriarchy, rather than capitalism. They argue that religion is patriarchal in that women are exploited by men and seen as subordinate.
Orthodox Christians most likely rejected feminine descriptions of God due to the strict gender roles of the time. Orthodox women were expected to take on the subordinate role, and Gnostic beliefs contradicted these values. Gnostic holy books often referred to God as both feminine and masculine. The books also suggest that they prayed to both God the Father and the Divine Mother (pagels). This female genderization of God is the primary reason their books were excluded from the New Testament.
The Holy Bible in the same manner can be misinterpreted in many ways as well. The deceptive views of the Holy Bible can lead to oppression so that women may think and use religion as being just a source. The novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood discusses the misuse of religion as a supreme source of oppression and superiority. Allusion in this novel has been shown to make connections between Gilead and the Bible itself,
Religion has plagued the free will of humanity since its inception into civilization. The accepted norms and practices of societies throughout history are influenced and catalyzed by the professed doctrine of the controlling elite. This prescribed mentality, passed down from parent to child, creates a sense of superiority within the monotheistic world. At the same time polytheistic religious doctrine creates the same sense of delusion, however it does so quite contrastingly. Polytheistic religion creates an ideology of coexistence, given the fact that everything has a soul.
These often times not only include gender but also race, even attire depicted through artwork. Ruether suggests this problem still persists because while prophets were aware of the rich oppressing the poor, they did not recognize their own oppression over women and slaves.4 Also, that it was hard to see women as a secondary gender when there were women in power roles such as queen.5 Male monotheism has become so dominant in Western culture that even ancient Hebrew myths have been altered to show male dominance.6 The problem with God being given primarily male qualities is that it creates a gender bias and symbolic hierarchy of God—Male—Female.7 This implies that women no longer stand in direct relation to God and must obtain a relationship to God through a man.8 This
Fatima Mernissi, author of The Veil and the Male Elite, argued accepted male readings for the medieval Islamic past were deeply flawed and sexist when applied to the present. Since the 1990s, the struggle to apply gender inquiry to Middle Eastern societies has also been forcefully challenged by Muslim women in the United States. Middle Eastern women are either silent or passive in their own societies. Unequal, gender hierarchies of power demonstrated that women negotiated theses structures in distinctly inventive ways. Men and women prayed in difference places at the mosque.
But in the west this statement is misinterpreted which shows specific issues and differences. These differences is where the stereotype of Islam being assessed of teaching the oppression of woman. * This stereotyping does come from these laws of the west from the misinterpreted understanding of the Qur’an, the rights they enforce are a woman’s testimony is only half or a man’s, that woman are cheated out of half of their inheritance, that the Qur’an allows wide beating, that men can divorce on a whim and have four wives, and that Islam promotes unfair isolation. * Women are unfairly assessed with these misinterpreted rights from the west. It is very rare but it some households wife beating does occur, but that is due to the same misinterpretations from out west.
Angela’s situation raises questions of class exploitation and the position of women under the Christian value system. Marquez critiques this system of exploitation that leaves no space for women to assert or even voice her own choice or opinion. He shows how such a situation is made worse under family pressure mediated through the power exerted by a prospective proposal of social mobility. Maria Cervantes is an example of women who breaks the stereotypes set for women. She helps us see the double
Furthermore, modern religious symbolism associated with veil wearing can be considered as a myth because evident indicates that wearing of veil is common in olden ages irrespective of the religion or belief of women and men. Again, it has been argued that some women wear veil and discard it in different situations to symbolise political struggle – which indicates that veil wearing could be politically motivated or have a political implications. On the other hand,