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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459108003321

Autore

Benson Ophelia

Titolo

Does God hate women? / / Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-282-87334-2

9786612873348

1-4411-1862-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

200.82

Soggetti

Women and religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A God of bullies -- Religious apologetics, Islam, and caricature -- The world and the kitchen -- Honour is between the legs of women -- Holy groupthink -- Mutilate in the name of purity -- Islam, Islamophobia, and risk -- Lipstick on a pig.

Sommario/riassunto

www.doesgodhatewomen.com. This fascinating book explores the role that religion and culture play in the oppression of women. Benson and Stangroom ask probing questions about the way that religion shields the oppression of women from criticism and why many Western liberals, leftists and feminists have remained largely silent on the subject. Throughout the world, a great many women lead lives of misery and sometimes plain horror. They are often considered and treated as the property of men and have few, if any, rights. Such treatment is generally sustained and protected by a combination of reli