Gender And Society Part 2 Flashcards
What are the views of conservative Protestant Christian’s
CPC take the view that the bible is timeless and we should resist buying into secular chnages of society
- bible is a big source
What is the CPC view on secular gender roles (right wing)
- Kathy Rudy comments on how the conservative rights views are based on Augustinian procmileks
- the right is critical of liberal theologies such as feminism as it argues feminism has confused gender roles and set unrealistic up expectations for females which leads to disappointment
# beleievs social liberalism and feminism are the root causes of dysfunctional families
What do CPC think about gender roles
- good has cretaed males and females different but equal, each to fulfil their gender roles
- society functions best when these social gender roles are observed
- recognising man is the head of the woman
What si the CPC view on parenthood and motherhood
- CPC take the view that the role of the woman is to be a mother and a wife and create a domestic haven where the husband can escape the external world
- the role of the wife and mother is traced back to eve “the mother of all living”
- conservatives are critical of women who take up work outside the house as they are taking a job away from a man and undermining their role and responsibilities
DO CPC BELEIEV WOMEN CAN EVER WORK
- cpc beleiev that capable women may pursue work as long as it doesn’t take away from their motherly duties
Why are CPC suscpicious of non heterosexual families and not married families
There are two reasons;
1. The bibles account of creation requires parents to complement each other in terms of gender, therefore same sex families are not truly families in the Christian sense
2. Sociological research shows that children who are born into a blended families, same sex families and single parent families do less wel in terms of education and couples are less happy
Why are CPC against co habituation and same sex relationships
- lead to eroticisation if western society
- relationships have become too private and egocentric, Christian family teachings suggests that family should be outward looking by attending church and contributing to society
- couples expect too much and ease of divorce makes people less likely to west to work it out
What are the overall views of liberal Protestant Christian’s
- more readily accepting of secular insights
- interpret the bible we w sourcebook of experiences rather than revelation
Liberal Protestants on gender roles
Liberal Protestants views on motherhood and parent hood
For traditional Christian’s motherhood is essential to a woman’s identity
- LPC see no symbolic or ontological significance in becoming a mother
- people may want to become parents in order to put creative energies into forming a daily but there is no imperative for this to be done
- LPC also recognise that nto all people make good parents
- more likely to accept the view points of Betty Friedan and de beauvoir that the church’s motherhood ideal is a source of false conciousness
- see Mary the mother as woman hood sterotypes, however argue secularist are too quick to dismiss the advantages of parenthood
Liberal Protestant views on non traditional families
Believed Jesus teaching of KOG was based on the new covenant whuch would be more inclusive and non judgemental
- for this reason LPC believe some churches need to be more flexible in their understanding of family and to exercise justice lobe
What else do LPC state about non traditional families
liberal protestants are generally persuaded by optimistic evidence provided by jessie bernard that when children are loved, feel secure and provided for then family structure doesn’t matter.
- bible also never refers to one type of family
What si roman Catholicos views on feminism
Official teaching of Roman Catholicism is ambivalent on feminism, one one hand it applauds feminism as it gives dignity and empowers women in society however it is critic,a fo it’s secular agenda to diminish gender roles in men and women
- the effects can be seen in pope John Paul’s letter mulieris dignitatem where I talks now roles of men and women aren’t understood well especially in treatment if woemn
What does muleris dignitatem say about gender roles
- addresses feminist who call the church patriarchal and sexist
- begins by stating that the Christian dea of gender is that both men and women are made equally in the image of god, this is to address the idea that man is the active principle and woman is the passive principle
Does the RCC accept existentialist views on gender
No, they clarify that there are roles but not unfair
- when it says man is the head of the wife this is not about domination rather mutual relationship
- sees women taking up male roles as dangerous