This looks like it could be a spectacularly vigorous discussion: Do Organized Religions Suppress Women’s Rights? A Panel Presentation on Women, Faith and Society. It’ll be held at the MCB on the UMTC campus next week — I’m tempted to go, even though I know the answer (yes) and the subject doesn’t go far enough (religions suppress everyone’s rights).
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
I wish I could go. Organized religions’ suppression of women’s rights is one of my pet peeves, along with their suppression of gay rights. I’d love for someone to go and report back on it.
It’ll be amusing seeing all the backpedaling and handwringing. Particularly if anyone brings an actual Bible or Koran with them.
I wouldn’t necessarily answer “yes” but rather “many”. From what I know of it, Unitarian Universalist doesn’t suppress anyone’s rights.
I wouldn’t necessarily answer “yes” but rather “many”. From what I know of it, Unitarian Universalist doesn’t suppress anyone’s rights.
And there’s been at least one attempt to get UU de-classified as a “religion” for tax purposes. (guess which state?)
I wouldn’t necessarily answer “yes” but rather “many”. From what I know of it, Unitarian Universalist doesn’t suppress anyone’s rights.
Any creed that uses any bit of Christian theology is suspect enough to me.
I look forward to the “Is the Pope Catholic?” conference.
I wouldn’t necessarily answer “yes” but rather “many”. From what I know of it, Unitarian Universalist doesn’t suppress anyone’s rights.
Unitarian Universalism isn’t a religion, it’s a social club for middle-aged progressives.
Thanks for picking this up! We’re sponsoring two very interesting speakers; Annie Laurie Gaylor is co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation and a prolific atheist feminist author, and Nuzi Haneef is an ex-Muslim atheist.
What’s the betting on how the audience will see it? Most feminists I’ve been running into just lately seem to belong in the camp that says something like this: “Awwwww, religions and traditional cultures are wonderful and cuddly … but of course, Western women are oppressed by bikinis and mini-skirts.”
Fortunately, none of my close female friends see it that way, and I’d come to think that that style of feminism had gone out of fashion about 20 years ago. However, I’ve been learning otherwise. It’s either hung on out of my sight or is making a comeback. Sigh.
The patriarchy in all its guises suppresses women’s rights, not only in organized religion.
I wonder if they would perhaps be up for a YouTube broadcasting …?
It’s still gone. Its remnants are more visible now that they can clutter up comment threads on Feministing and Feministe, but hardly anyone actually cares for that view anymore. When Ariel Levy published Female Chauvinist Pigs, Jessica Valenti tore into her.
After that, the question: Do Bears Relieve Themselves In Heavily Wooded Areas?
Eh? Jessica who? Read some feminist blogs. I suppose if you keep saying lalalalala you can pretend we don’t exist.
Try here: http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com
There have been many female apologists for both the Abrahamic religions and their restrictions that use the positively Orwellian idea that the restrictions built into their respective religions actually frees them. Sometimes it comes in the form of restrictive clothing “frees” them from the eyes of men or worries abour fashion or that submission to a husband/father figure “frees” them from too much responsibility for their lives.
sigh
The answer is YES (in practice), but not because they are organised religion as such. The main reason is, of course, because they are authoritarian.
It is feasable to imagine organised religions that suppress that under pressure minority, the western male.