Intersectional Fem And Religion Flashcards
In El Saadawi hidden Face of Eve what did she consider ?
Considered role of religion in oppressing Women
What does she not see religion as ?
Does not see religion as main cause of oppression
How does she see religion instead?
As wider aspect of patriarchy needed to be overthrown
What was her experience of patriarchy?
Forces to under go female circumcisition
Why did she say she experienced female cirumsition ?
Due to practise for many years and not religion
What is origins of patriarchy?
Patriarchy was misinterpreted by men
Examples of origins of oppressive religion ?
-Adam and Eve , eve seen as temptess but she was gifted with intelligence
- Women who committed adultery
How does she view religion now ?
Religion does not need to be abolished but transformed
what are the overall evaluation of feminism ?
- Marxist critism : over focusing on gender
- postmodernism and phenomenological criticism
- functional crutism
USE THESE FOR ALTERNATIVE
What does Marxist critism : over focusing on gender evaluation say ?
Feminist ignore class and race in their understanding of religion and other inequalities
postmodernism and phenomenological criticism ?
Religion plays a different for everyone every individual has different relationships with religion
Functionalist criticism?
Overly negative ignores impact of religion on communities and society
