May 1, 2018 / C H Thompson

Feminism and religion

De Beauvoir (a radical feminist) argues that religion is an instrument of male domination and that the male authorities in religion comes from God being a male
Women are only portrayed as being closer to God than men in some religions if women are passive and don’t stop to question the male authority.
The veiling of women in Islam is often seen as oppressive to women as I can be seen as a way of keeping women anonymous and invisible,
as well as showing they are property of a man.
However, Watson argues that the veiling of women can in fact be seen as a form of resistance to patriarchy as it frees women of the sexual harassment from men, and the objectification provided by the media.

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