Come the birth of Christianity, gender rolls became deeply imbedded in daily life, closely following the strict and specific guidelines spelled out in the text of the Bible. Through Christianity, women became specifically identified as mothers and homemakers, valued for their purity and passive behavior and idealized as virginal. Early Christianity revolved around the belief that, through childbirth, women could be saved (Scholer, 1986, p. 196). Prior to the spread of Christianity, women were still not viewed as equal members of society; however, their rolls were not quite so limiting. For example, in Ancient Greece, a culture which revolved around beauty, art, and innovative thinking, women were enamored for their grace and beauty, admired
