Difference Between Equality And Gender Inequality

Register to read the introduction… During the women’s suffrage movement, many Christian women’s groups supported a women’s right to vote, but the argument against it seemed stronger, as far as religion was concerned. Of course I use Christianity as the example due to it being the predominant religion in the United States during recent history. Men held steadfast that God was on their side, declaring that the Bible told them so: “But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:3). Is this saying that the pecking order has women on the bottom, with men, Christ and God above them? No wonder women don’t hold up Christianity as their champion for equal treatment. So I guess the real question is; how does religion place women in this world? We will take a look at three major religious groups (Jews, Christians, Muslims) in an attempt to see if religion is a positive or a negative for the female gender of our …show more content…
According to Religious Tolerance.org, approximately 86% of the world’s population identifies itself as belong to one religion or another. And of that number, over half identify themselves as Jews, Christians, or Muslims. Without any major countries that are full of non-religious people, we can’t look at statistics for gender equality within that demographic. So to answer the question, I would say that women are better off with religion than without it. I would attempt to explain that since women are probably treating other women better than men are; it is treatment of women by men that is the issue. If men had no God to answer to, or no afterlife to concern himself with, poor treatment of women would be a lot easier to live with. But if men try to live a just and decent life, as most religions propose, then their counterparts (women), stand to