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History of Feminism

Zorra

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7. So, if I understand what you are saying correctly,

Reply to redqueen (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 01:51 PM

Jun 2012

basically, men dominated/subordinated women throughout all of prehistory, probably because of their generally superior size and strength, requiring women to remain in a subordinate, submissive role, and were dependent on men to allocate resources to them, because of women's relative powerlessness in the face of aggressively enforced dominance by men.

And priests sanctioned and codified this by decreeing that things were this way because the Big Kahuna decreed it so?

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Do you believe that religion is the historical root of misogyny? [View all] Zorra Jun 2012 OP

Nope. It seems to me religion just codified and sanctioned it. redqueen Jun 2012 #1

That's what I think, too. It's an historical expression of misogyny, not its cause. n/t pnwmom Jun 2012 #5

So, if I understand what you are saying correctly, Zorra Jun 2012 #7

Yep. redqueen Jun 2012 #10

i dont know that would be true. i dont know that in caveman time that structure would be either seabeyond Jun 2012 #11

Yeah, probably with the advent of agrarian society... redqueen Jun 2012 #15

Yes, I agree that it began with Tumbulu Jun 2012 #23

so true, so true, so true..... i love this. this is why i had a hard time seabeyond Jun 2012 #25

Thanks sea, I don't raise meat sheep though Tumbulu Jun 2012 #29

thank you for more info. seabeyond Jun 2012 #30

This makes a lot of sense. snot Jun 2012 #27

I agree. That seems to be the most reasonable explanation. Zorra Jun 2012 #17

I believe the Abrahamic, religions are the root of misogyny, Kalidurga Jun 2012 #2

Probably not but it's certainly been used by bigots to justify them. Warpy Jun 2012 #3

Yes libodem Jun 2012 #4

I take exception to the article's statement that: pnwmom Jun 2012 #6

That's a very valid point, IMO. nt Zorra Jun 2012 #8

I think that religions adopted misogyny Tumbulu Jun 2012 #9

male is completely dependent on the female for the life everlasting of the species seabeyond Jun 2012 #12

thanks sea Tumbulu Jun 2012 #28

good for you. me, not so much. lol. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #31

The bible seemed to help with the adoption of misogyny quite a bit... Little Star Jun 2012 #14

But the Christian Bible and all the other writings reflect only Tumbulu Jun 2012 #21

Yep! Little Star Jun 2012 #22

A distinct possibility. And that would add a whole 'nother dimension to Zorra Jun 2012 #19

My 2 cents snot Jun 2012 #13

Good post & I agree. CrispyQ Jun 2012 #26

LGBT, Feminists, Homophobia & The Patriarchy... Little Star Jun 2012 #16

Well said. I agree, unequivocably. nt Zorra Jun 2012 #18

Dualism is the root of misogyny and.... chaska Jun 2012 #20

Yes, major religions in general have/are misogynist . MerryBlooms Jun 2012 #24

Whether they started it or not, they continue to propagate it. PassingFair Jun 2012 #32

No, it just does what it's good at. laconicsax Jun 2012 #33

Yes ismnotwasm Jun 2012 #34