4.2 Equal rights and equal opportunities

Question 1

3 ways women’s rights have improved in society

Answer 1

1) 1928 same voting rights as men
2) 1970 equal pay act
3) 2019 advertising using gender stereotypes were abolished

Question 2

2 religious reasons against gender equality

Answer 2

1) In Genesis 2, God created Adam first and only made Eve to serve as Adam’s companion. She was made from Adam’s rib so is just a part of Adam
2) St Paul says “women should remain silent in the church”

Question 3

2 religious reasons for gender equality

Answer 3

1) In Genesis 1, it doesn’t say Adam was made before Eve just that we were all made “imago dei”, “so God created man in his own image”
2) St Paul advocated principles of equality “there is no Jew nor Gentile… male and female, for you are all one in the eyes of Jesus Christ”

Question 4

3 Ways disabled people are negatively effected in society

Answer 4

1) Less able to get high paying jobs
2) Less likely to own a home
3) More likely to feel lonely and isolated from society

Question 5

2 negative religious attitudes towards disabilities

Answer 5

1) In the healing at the pool, Jesus told the ‘invalid’ to stop sinning with the implication that the reason the person is disabled is because of sin they have committed
2) In Matthew 23, Jesus uses the expression “blind” as a term of abuse and puts down others because they are ‘blind’.

Question 6

2 positive religious attitudes towards disabilities

Answer 6

1)”There is neither Jew nor Gentile…. male and female for you are all one in Jesus Christ” - Galatians 3:28 - St Paul
2) “imago dei” “so God created man in his own image” - Genesis 1:27