GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND RELIGION !
Practically all religions in the world are male dominated, and most biased ideas have their roots in these religions, with women being relegated to a much lower level than men. She is regarded as unclean when she menstruates, she becomes untouchable after childbirth until she undergoes a ritual cleansing, she is described as a t
Practically all religions in the world are male dominated, and most biased ideas have their roots in these religions, with women being relegated to a much lower level than men. She is regarded as unclean when she menstruates, she becomes untouchable after childbirth until she undergoes a ritual cleansing, she is described as a t
emptress
or a whore in the scriptures, she has to cover herself from head to
foot in order not to weaken the man's purity of resolve, she is supposed
to have been created by God from Adam's rib, and that too as an
afterthought, and God is a man of course! From being burnt at the stake
accused of being witches to honor killings that still continue in places
like India, Pakistan, and other Islamic countries, to undergoing fasts
for the well-being of her husband - all religions have always
discriminated against women and continue to do so.
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