Ishtar And The Virgin Mary Analysis

1. The author's comparison of Ishtar and the Virgin Mary shows that Christianity is more patriarchal. Ishtar is seen as a goddess and praised, the article says, "In words reflecting the attitude of slave toward master, they praised and worshiped the goddess's power." (Lerner 24). Ishtar is a woman of power, on the other hand, the Virgin Mary is a woman with little to no power. In the article, it states, "The power of the Virgin lies in her ability to appeal to God's mercy..." (Lerner 24). Although Mary has a special connection with God. The only power Mary has is to intercede for others to God on their behalf, making it patriarchal because for most Christians God is seen as a male figure

2. We still live in patriarchy today but in the near future, we will not. There has been a major uprise in feminism and women and men equality in the past few decades. Although women are trying to become at least equal to men, men are still seen as more powerful. Also most of our government today is ran by men, though the inclusion of women has taken an uprise in the past decade.

3. I think religion would definitely be slower to change than law or social customs, mostly because religion has existed longer than law or social customs. Religion is a key characteristic of our world and country today. Most people live with a religion and …show more content…
"The Worst Mistake in History" and "The Urban Revolution: Origins of Patriarchy" are both similar in the sense that they are both talking about how the uprise in agriculture created sexual inequality. However, in "Worst Mistake in History" Diamond explains how the women did more work or required more physical labor but in "The Urban Revolution: Origins of Patriarchy" the women are given little to no work/physical labor and no power what so ever. Also, Lerner explains a lot about Ishtar, a goddess most men and women looked up to but Diamond only gave examples of Gods so in "The Worst Mistake in History" you only get to see one side of the