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

• Autore: Benson Ophelia
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.82
• Soggetto topico: Women and religion
• Persona (resp. second.): StangroomJeremy
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Does God hate women
• ISBN: 1-282-87334-2; 9786612873348; 1-4411-1862-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785492303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II