CCEA Religion- Gender Justice

What is liberal feminism?

the most mainstream form of feminism, where the primary focus is on equality for women

Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?

the founder of feminism, wrote ‘A vindication of the rights of women’

Mill quote

subordination of women ‘ought to be replaced by perfect equality’

Betty Friedan arguement

oh m today are due to the fact that their image was created by a patriarchal society

What is radical feminism

Society needs a complete overhaul to achieve equality

Wilcockson quote

‘true feminism needs to be far more revolutionary if real social justice is to be achieved’

Wilcockson’s view on reproduction

as men are in charge of reproduction, IVF and contraception, women become nothing more than a ‘breeder or a prostitute’

What is social feminism?

sometimes known as marxist feminism, a major economic overhaul is needed in society

What do Clara Fox and Sheila Rowbottam argue?

inequalities are built into a capitalist society because capital and power are distributed unevenly- capitalist societies have devalued the contribution of women

Stott quote

‘it is still the case that millions of women are abused and oppressed throughout the world’

Augustine quote

‘women was merely man’s helpmate… she is not the image of god’

Aquinas quote

‘the production of woman comes from a defect’

Luther quote

‘women were made either to be wives or prostitures’

Tertullian quote

‘the devil’s gateway’

Mary McAleese quote

‘the last bastion of misogyny’

Genesis quote on equality

‘God created man in his own image… male and female he created them’

Peter Lombard quote

‘eve was not taken from the feet of adam to be his slave… but from his side to be his partner’

Vardy quote

‘the idea of male supremacy and female obedience is only introduced as a result of the disorder brought by sin’

Stott quote on biblical equality

‘Jesus was probably the first man to treat women with respect’

St Paul quote

‘do not permit a woman to teach’

What do anglicans, presbyterians and methodists have in common?

female ministers

Stott on female ordination

‘no biblical principle is infringed’

Rosemary Reuther quote

‘women’s experience… has been almost entirely shut out of theological reflection in the past’

How many of the taliban’s decrees affect the daily lives of women?

70+

2024 study on gender pay gap

women in the uk earn 93% of what their male counterparts earn

Andrew Tate

10.7 million X followers / women should ‘bear responsibility’ for sexual abuse / ‘grip her by the neck’

3 DV stats

3 women a week commit suicide due to DV / from 2019-2023 1 woman a week was killed by a partner/ex / 33,000 DV incidents in NI 2022-2023

How many forced into marriage each day?

70,000

How many rape cases in India 2024?

31,677

What is FGM?

procedures that ‘intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non medical reasons’ (NHS)

Quote from kenyan elder, quoted by Widdows

‘circumcision makes women clean’

Effects of FGM

reduces women’s libido, sex becomes painful, severe pain, infertility

How many honour killings take place each year

around 12

How many illiterate people are women?

2/3

Margaret Atwood quote

‘Men are afraid that women will laugh at them- women are afraid that men will kill them’