Is religion to blame for women being subordinate in patriarchal societies?

Answer 1

ABSOLUTELY!!

The Nicene Council, when it met in 300 CE, decided to uplift a patriarchal society and suppress women's roles in religion. This is also the meeting that determined what books would be allowed in the bible, what rules would be followed by the church, and virtually every other aspect of Christianity. Of course, the fact that that went against Jesus' teachings meant little to them.....and they had no problem with justifying it by turning most women they dealt with in the scriptures they laid down into whores, prostitutes, or other BAD women (see Mary Magdelene.....who happened to be a direct decendent of a royal bloodline, and Jesus' companion.....they made her a prostitute to undermine her close relationship with Jesus, since they wanted him to be pure and holy).

Up to that point in time, Women were venerated as the goddess......they were considered closer to "god" due to their ability to give birth. Men, while being pious, HAD to meld their souls with a woman to find "god" (meaning have sex with them). Even Jesus, the one the Christian faith is based upon, was all for equal treatment of women, and encouraged it continually in his ministry.

Goddess worship dates back to cave man days (we are talking 30,000 years ago, plus), and was the norm until the Christians took over at the Nicene council. Constantine, while being a pagan himself, wanted to end the fighting between the pagans and the rising Christian (Christ follower) groups. He simply backed the "winning horse", as it were.....he ended up outlawing paganism, and thus the Christian era was born.

There are hundreds of books out there that deal with this period, simply do a search for goddess worship online. These are virtually all well supported writings, and will give you an interesting insight into the true workings of Christianity today.

Answer 2

To start with, by definition women are subordinate in a patriarchal society, that is what it means. Your question should be, is religion to blame for patriarchal societies?

It does not help. But consider, even here on YA, there is a definite divide between men and women. In historical times, might was right and who had the might? The early religions, worship of mother nature, led to matriarchal societies. These were overthrown with the rise of the warrior society. The development of conflict replaced nature worship with war gods, the matriarchal with the patriarchal.

So, religion per se is not to blame, it is the type of religion and humanity's war like spirit.

Answer 3

That is hard to support since there was religion when society was matriarchal. One theory is that the advent of the written word was the catalyst to the change into a patriarchal society. It is the patriarchal aspect that subjugates women, not necessarily religion.

Answer 4

No, but it's a cofactor that allows the subordination to continue and, for a very long time, convince the women to be very supportive of their subordination.

For an analogy, look up "Female Genital Mutilation" or female circumcision and notice how many WOMEN in these cultures are supportive or actually doing it to other women...

Answer 5

In a way, yes.

But in Christianity, oftentimes men twist Scripture to make it say that his wife should be his slave. So feminists wrongfully believe that the Bible teaches that women are inferior. Some of these men are to blame--they give the feminists ammunition.

I want to set the record straight here: While the Bible says that women should submit to THEIR OWN husbands (not someone else's!), it also commands husbands to LOVE their wives!

God saw that it wasn't good that the man was alone, so He created woman FOR man. Now that doesn't mean she's inferior!

The apostle Paul also mentions women among his helpers in the church, such as Priscilla and Claudia.

Answer 6

At the very least, it is guilty of not promoting a more egalitarian, compassionate social order that improves the lives of women. At the worst, it actively engages in protecting a social hierarchy in which women are kept under the thumb of men, or treated as property, or both. In such a case, it usually promotes such a hierarchy in terms of economic and social status, as well.

Answer 7

not so much the religious documents and the ideas that uphold the religion, but the men who have interpreted and controlled the religious structure. They use quotes that are interpreted a certain way, or take things completely out of context to justify oppression of women.

Answer 8

Islam does not not have faith in "unique sin" and we don't spiritually "destroy" a guy. in certainty marriage is seen 0.5 our faith. women human beings can help a guy grow to be extra spiritually fulfilled. women human beings have severe value in Islam. we are instructed to love our mothers first and then out fathers. we are additionally instructed that the gates to heaven lie on the ft of our mothers. that is ridiculous to think of that men does not think of roughly intercourse without women human beings around. think of prisons and cleansing soap-on-a-rope... not extra prefer be mentioned! intercourse does not destroy faith that is mandatory for existence and mandatory to produce extra followers in a faith. that's probably the justifications i'm now not Christian. Islam does not instruct all this nonsense approximately women human beings being the sinners and spoiling men.

Answer 9

No it isnt. Most women prefer to be "subordinates" to a man inside and outside the bedroom. That does not mean they dont have their own whishes and desires that means they want a man who is in charge and makes things happen, including their whishes and desires. That would explain why "bad boys" are beeing put on a pedestal and nice guys deemed friend material with no hope of getting laid.

Answer 10

In Christianity, women are not subordinates but helpmates to their husbands. However, God said the husband is supposed to protect his wife, to love his wife as God loves us.

If the man is a bum, a woman can be head of the household.