03070nam 22006493u 450 991079030280332120230126205649.01-136-62647-60-203-80239-X0-415-59674-21-136-62646-8(CKB)2670000000208743(EBL)958221(OCoLC)798532010(MiAaPQ)EBC958221(EXLCZ)99267000000020874320130418d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Man's Dominion[electronic resource] The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's RightsHoboken Taylor and Francis20121 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-59673-4 MAN'S DOMINION Religion and the eclipse of women's rights in world politics; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The devil's gateway: religion and the subordination of women; 2 Fundamentalism: the divine right of patriarchs; 3 The right to religion trumps women's human rights; 4 Multiculturalism and 'respect' for religion; 5 Desecularisation and women's equality; 6 Covering up women; 7 A harem for every man? The rise of polygamy; 8 The master's tools: Islamic feminism and its critics; Conclusion: liberating women from religious oppression; ReferencesIndexIn this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women's human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy.Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-women attitudes such as 'male-headship', impurity of women, the need to control women's bodies, and their modern manifestations in multicultural Western states. It points to the incorporation of religious law into legal systems, faith schooHuman rightsHuman rightsPatriarchyPatriarchyReligion - Social aspectsReligion -- Social aspectsReligion and politicsReligion and politicsSex discrimination against womenSex discrimination against womenHuman rights.Human rights.Patriarchy.Patriarchy.Religion - Social aspects.Religion -- Social aspects.Religion and politics.Religion and politics.Sex discrimination against women.Sex discrimination against women.201.7208209051201/.7208209051Jeffreys Sheila553920AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910790302803321Man's Dominion3823910UNINA