Women: Challenging Religious Oppression with Their Superiority II

  History: The Influence of Religious Patriarchy on the Perception of Women.

Women: The Greatest Mystery of the Universe

PREAMBLE: Women demystify religious subordination, reclaim their greatness, and challenge the patriarchal religious view, demonstrating their superiority and asserting their role in society. Truth unmasks patriarchal ignorance.

 

The Fallacy of Religious Patriarchy

Christianity and Catholicism, to demonstrate the subordinate condition of women, have historically interpreted this condition as divine will, a mandate from God, without anyone questioning it. This interpretation has been used by some sectors to justify the inferiority of women. This blog analyzes those interpretations in various stages and examines female superiority in different aspects, based on historical facts and academic critiques.

The Greatness of Women Revealed

Women have been considered one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. Historically, in many aspects, they have been valued as superior to men, except in muscle mass, which aligns with their traditional roles in various cultures.

Reclaiming the Female Legacy

In past epochs and contemporary society, the goal of women has been to eliminate, or in many cases reduce, the inequality created by religions between them and men. This goal, partially achieved, must change radically, not to equalize those who are inferior, but to demonstrate their indisputable value and superiority. To achieve this objective, it is crucial to unmask the historical interpretations that have contributed not only to the inequality of women but have also generated hatred and disparagement against them, often based on biased interpretations of religious texts.

The Struggle for Truth and Reason

To achieve a balanced understanding that allows us to reach these goals, it is necessary to explore distant pasts and reinterpret the narratives that have justified women's inequality. By questioning these narratives, we can extract the truth and destroy with reason that ruthless origin imposed over many generations with the aid of terror and fear; and by stripping these impositions of the veil that covers them, societies will understand that women were created superior to men and should be regarded and respected as such.

The Incontestable Evidence

Numerous studies and historical facts prove the superiority of women and their importance and contribution in all aspects of society. One of the most evident proofs is that, until the second decade of the 21st century, the planet hosts more than eight billion (8,000,000,000) human beings, and undoubtedly, all were birthed by women. Many proofs of women's superiority could be cited, all of which have been distorted, overshadowed, and hidden so that no one can see them.

The Ignominy of Religious Patriarchy

It is very significant and inexplicable that when we read several Church fathers referring to procreation and the role of women in it, they do so in a disparaging and derogatory manner, attributing the entire creation process to male sperm.

Ignorant Voices of the Past

Many fathers of Christianity made observations considered derogatory towards women, among them Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274), a great philosopher of the Church, and one of the most prolific and influential thinkers of Christianity, who stated, among many of his expressions against women: "Woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power in the male seed tends to produce a perfect likeness in the masculine sex, while the production of a woman comes from a defect of active power." (Summa Theologica, Part I, Question 92, Article 1).

The Light of Knowledge

Similarly, Augustine of Hippo (354-430), Father and Doctor of the Church, writer, theologian, and Christian philosopher, considered the greatest thinker of Christianity in the first millennium, expressed the following: “It is Eve the temptress from whom we must beware in every woman... I fail to see what use woman can be to man, if one excludes the function of bearing children.” “Isn’t Eve the origin of sin and the cause of death?” (On Christian Doctrine, Book I, Chapter 18). John Chrysostom (347-407), Patriarch of Alexandria: “Among all the wild beasts, none is found as harmful as woman.” (Homily 2 on Timothy). Clement of Alexandria (150-215): “Every woman should be filled with shame by the thought that she is a woman.” (The Instructor, Book II, Chapter 33).

These quotes must be understood in their historical context to understand how they have influenced the degradation of women.