8. Gender prejudice and discrimination

Question 1

What do Evangelical Protestants believe about the roles of men and women in life and in religion?

Answer 1

Evangelical protestants believe that men and women have different roles in life and religion.

Question 2

What does the Evangelical belief of men and women having different roles in life and religion mean?

Answer 2

This means that they believe only men should be leaders in religion.

Question 3

Is the Catholic Church against gender prejudice and discrimination?

Answer 3

The Catholic Church is against gender prejudice and discrimination.

Question 4

Why can only men be priests in the Catholic Church?

Answer 4

Only men can be priests in the Catholic Church because Jesus and the apostles were men.

Question 5

What do Liberal Protestants believe about equality, gender prejudice and discrimination?

Answer 5

Liberal protestants believe in equality between men and women.

Question 6

What does the liberal belief in equality between men and women mean?

Answer 6

They have female priests and ministers.

Question 7

Which Christian organisations have worked to oppose gender discrimination?

Answer 7

• Movement for the Ordination of Women
• Catholic Women’s Ordination

Question 8

What do atheists and humanists believe about gender discrimination?

Answer 8

Atheists and humanists believe that you shouldn’t discriminate because of gender.