✅Gender And Society Flashcards
Evidence for women and men not being equal
2016- 57% words working age women are in labour force compared to 70%
Women with full time jobs early only 77% of male earnings
Only recently in Saudi Arabia were women allowed to drive
Less than 30% words researchers are women
Why is it seen that women shouldn’t be equal
Infant life expectancy in China Education female genital mutilation Child marriage Human trafficking Unable to travel Citizenship Front line combat Work plus home jobs Maternity leave
What does gender and society topic consist of?
Effects of changing views of gender on Christian thought and practise
Christian teachings on role of men and women in family
Christian responded to contemporary secular views about roles of men and women
Ephesian
Mulieris dignitatem
Motherhood and parenthood
Different types of family
Are men and women equal within Christian family?
NO
Jesus and God and disciples are all men Women aren’t mentioned as much Bishops are only men “Wives submit to your husbands” Blaming eve for the fall of me Women should be silent in churches Wife’s duty to obey husband Men physically stronger therefore natural for him to lead - “husband is head of wife as x is to church @
Are men and women equal in Christian family?
YES
Many women in modern days don’t promise to obey husbands as part of vows. Equal opportunities, couple should share childcare and housework. Doesn’t always have to be the man who has the final say. “There is mother Jew not Greek, male nor female” Galatians. All United through Jesus
What is the women’s role in a conservative Protestant marriage?
To create a domestic heaven
Where is the role of the wife and mother traces back to?
Biblical figure of Eve
What is the mans role in a conservative Protestant marriage
To be a companion to his wife and provide for his family, assisting in education and discipline for his children
What is the purpose for mothers in a liberal Protestant marriage
No particular symbolic or otological significance
What is the real meaning of being a parent in a liberal Protestant family
Forming a family and seeing ones children grow up into mature adults
Do liberal Protestants believe all adults should be parents?
No- they acknowledge not all adults make good parents
What does the mulieris dignitatem day about women in society
Motherhood is at the heart of it, as positive social shift of recent times rejects kind of feminist criticisms
What is the model of motherhood in Roman Catholic? And why
Mary. Because she brings in God savlavation of the world
How well have the catholic high h acknowledged contemporary feminism
Male roles are far more egalitarian. Discarding feminist claims of false consciousness of the eternal feminine
Religious attitudes to a nuclear family
Roman Catholicism and conservative
Genesis “for a man shall leave his mother and father and join with his wife and 2 shall become one flesh” true love waits .
Religious attitudes to a nuclear family
Liberal Protestant
Follow the Quakers views- don’t have to be married “couple can be faithful in a loving relationship outside marriage”
Cohabitation isn’t a bad thing, will support trial marriages
Religious attitudes to a extended family
All
Honour your mother and father