RE: Is Christianity Inherently Supportive Of Slavery And Misogyny?
July 24, 2021 at 5:39 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2021 at 5:44 pm by zwanzig.)
Agree, and sorry for also contributing on the off topicness of the other thread.
The point I was trying to make is that "different roles yet equal" is often a sort of dog whistle in Christianity/Christian religions/cults that means "God says this particular oppression of women is okay." There are certain levels of misogyny which a lot of Christians can get on board with saying, "Yeah, that's not okay." But then they hit a certain point where everyone else is still saying, "That's misogyny" but they're saying, "God said this is okay, so, this isn't the same as what you all are talking about."
Men and women can do the same things. It is possible most of the time. There's no reason for the two to have separate roles or jobs assigned to them. It is disingenuous to say that Eve being made out of Adam's rib puts her "at his side on equal footing." She was made out of parts of him, i.e. parts of him were used to create her. She is beholden to him and is seen as an extension of him. That's where the misogyny in that story is, in case folks had trouble figuring it out.
By the by, "different/separate but equal" is the justification often used for misogyny and racism.
The point I was trying to make is that "different roles yet equal" is often a sort of dog whistle in Christianity/Christian religions/cults that means "God says this particular oppression of women is okay." There are certain levels of misogyny which a lot of Christians can get on board with saying, "Yeah, that's not okay." But then they hit a certain point where everyone else is still saying, "That's misogyny" but they're saying, "God said this is okay, so, this isn't the same as what you all are talking about."
Men and women can do the same things. It is possible most of the time. There's no reason for the two to have separate roles or jobs assigned to them. It is disingenuous to say that Eve being made out of Adam's rib puts her "at his side on equal footing." She was made out of parts of him, i.e. parts of him were used to create her. She is beholden to him and is seen as an extension of him. That's where the misogyny in that story is, in case folks had trouble figuring it out.
By the by, "different/separate but equal" is the justification often used for misogyny and racism.
