Similarities Between the Christian God and Abusive Spouses

[RobertE]

We can add paganism to the list since, women under paganism were the same.

Hence women under Paganism had no hope of future joy, no recognition of their divine attributes, no scope for energy, no field of usefulness but a dreary house, no ennobling friendship, no high encouragement, no education, no lofty companionship; unappreciated, valued only as household slaves or victims of guilty pleasure, adorned with trinkets to show off the body alone, nothing to show an equal influence with men in mind or heart, no interest in what truly elevates society. What schools could they teach or visit? What hospitals enrich? What miseries relieve? What churches attend? What charities to assist? What social gatherings enliven? What was there for a woman to do with an unrecognized soul? So she girded herself with ornaments, did curiously braid her hair; searched shops for new cosmetics, new perfumes; reclined on luxurious couches; issued orders for slaves, joined in seductive dances; enticed by display of sensual charms. Her highest aspiration was to adorn a perishable body; vanity became the spring of life, to the favored few. "Society" under paganism, was confined to men at banquets or "symposia," where women seldom entered, unless for amusement of men (Vashti)