Gender Role Being Unfair
As there are still less gender inequality in today’s society, during the mediaeval Christianity women had far less rights and their own voices. Throughout the mediaeval Christianity, the word of God and his messengers such as Paul have given advice on marriage, women and sexulality. In one of the assigned readings, the family line and having an offspring was important. Important enough to getting a close relative or slave pregnant. The general role of gender is showing wives being obedience to their husbands, important of having a child, and women’s sexulaity, making sure young women are stayed pure for their value.
It seemed liked even in those period were male dominated, women would not be allowed to speak of their mind. They would have been told to obey their husbands and do as what he would please to. However, women were mentioned as human beings as well. Paul is giving advices on how to guide a right marriage path. He tells people that it would not be fair of how wives are owned by their husbands and they cannot own their husband.
The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. …show more content…
That women have a choice of their life, but should get married to live an easier life. “For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion” (1 Cor.8). He mentions about women’s passion and if they cannot control it, they are better off being married than being alone. The word ‘passion’ could have meant their ideas and strong beliefs, but in this text Paul was talking about women’s sexuality. If women could not control how they feel about their sexuality, they are better with a husband. This indicates that women in that period of time are not thought other than obedience and
As there are still less gender inequality in today’s society, during the mediaeval Christianity women had far less rights and their own voices. Throughout the mediaeval Christianity, the word of God and his messengers such as Paul have given advice on marriage, women and sexulality. In one of the assigned readings, the family line and having an offspring was important. Important enough to getting a close relative or slave pregnant. The general role of gender is showing wives being obedience to their husbands, important of having a child, and women’s sexulaity, making sure young women are stayed pure for their value.
It seemed liked even in those period were male dominated, women would not be allowed to speak of their mind. They would have been told to obey their husbands and do as what he would please to. However, women were mentioned as human beings as well. Paul is giving advices on how to guide a right marriage path. He tells people that it would not be fair of how wives are owned by their husbands and they cannot own their husband.
The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. …show more content…
That women have a choice of their life, but should get married to live an easier life. “For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion” (1 Cor.8). He mentions about women’s passion and if they cannot control it, they are better off being married than being alone. The word ‘passion’ could have meant their ideas and strong beliefs, but in this text Paul was talking about women’s sexuality. If women could not control how they feel about their sexuality, they are better with a husband. This indicates that women in that period of time are not thought other than obedience and