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In reply to the discussion: It's always been about Control [View all]Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)29. According to that same mythos
Women are property--it's right there in the book they all follow.
You don't get to pretend that women as property hasn't always been a foundational idea of the religion--when it always was.
There's ZERO free will in being exhorted that women must submit to their husbands in all things, and cannot be in authority over males.
If you must submit if told--even though you don't want to, and that you cannot be in authority--even if you could be, and if you are told to be silent, when you wish to speak...
Well. all of that is a direct contradiction to women having free will.
So you can save that patently absurd and dishonest assertion about including women in that "us" about free will.
Because it does not exist in that misogynistic mythos.
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I feel like the term "Control" is insufficient to define what this is, but I haven't found....
msfiddlestix
Jan 2023
#1
I think oppression is extremely close, but actually think it's perceived ownership.
lark
Jan 2023
#17
Exactly. However, it seems to *me* the Big Three religions adapted the same play book for exactly
msfiddlestix
Jan 2023
#42
I have no issue with that descriptor, it is exactly the point, the only way to spawn offspring
msfiddlestix
Jan 2023
#43
Perfect summation of the erosion of our right to bodily autonomy. Thanks for posting!
Timeflyer
Jan 2023
#4
It's patriarchal subjugation based on extremist Christian beliefs in male superiority.
Lonestarblue
Jan 2023
#5
The change today is that it's OK to have shoes, but you're still in the kitchen pregnant...
ashredux
Jan 2023
#6
I think republicans envy the control the Chinese government or the Taliban have over their subjects
liberal N proud
Jan 2023
#7
authoritarianism is sometimes measured with the Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) and sexual
certainot
Jan 2023
#10
What I've been saying. This is the outline anyone can print out and carry in their pocket.
Hekate
Jan 2023
#31
And they've been laser focused on this agenda for decades. It's not a sneak attack.
littlemissmartypants
Jan 2023
#33
It's horrible to be a woman in the United States these days, especially for those under 40
FakeNoose
Jan 2023
#35