Feminism Flashcards
Mary daly
‘Phallocentric power’
‘Castrate god’
Dawkins
Zeitgeist- reflects a time of male authority
Ruether
Sexism manifests in Christianity, is not the core belief
Augustine
Eve caused human sin
Aquinas
‘The female is something defective’
Men made wrong
Ephesians 5:22
‘Wives submit to your husbands’
Fredrich Engels
Marriage is ‘dreary mutation of slavery’
Exodus
‘Do not allow sorceress to live’
St. Paul
‘She must be silent’
Simone debeavoir
Woman made themselves the second sex- can’t live authentically
Daphine hampson
Christian teaching a ‘harmful myth’
Gore Vidal
‘Literally patriarchal… hence the hatred of women for 2000 years’
Lenny Bruce
If Jesus has died 20 years ago children would be wearing little electric chairs around their neck
Harris
‘God has taken a special interest in women’s clothing’