Augustine On Men, Women And Sexuality

Question 1

Augustine thought that sinful humanity is particularly at the mercy of “?”, by which he meant ? desire.

Answer 1

Concupiscence.

Sexual.

Question 2

Augustine seemed to think that sexual desire was evidence of sinful ? Then he wrote to a woman called ? and told her off because she had decided to stop having ? with her husband.

Answer 2

Cupiditas.
Edicia.
Sex.

Question 3

Although more ? to women than other contemporary writers, Augustine had some inconsistent, unrealistic ideas about the evils of human ?

Answer 3

Sympathetic.

Sexuality.

Question 4

Augustine ? the view that women were more evil than men. He thought that men and women were both ? in the image of God and both ? share this.

Answer 4

Rejected.
Created.
Equally.

Question 5

A woman isn’t inferior to a man, but she is (according to ?) more ?

Answer 5

Augustine.

Passive.