Sexual Bias in Religion

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This paper examines the literature of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in order to determine where their ideas of sexual bias originate. The stories examined are the story of Creation in the Old Testament, the story of Job, several stories in the Christian Gospel and the Koran's "Book of Women".

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"The three dominant religions in the west; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have always been noted for exhibiting a form of sexism. As most societies are patriarchal rather than matriarchal, most don't find this to be uncommon; ancient Chinese and Indian civilizations were no less sexist. Although evidence exists that many matriarchal societies predated Judaism, our only record of them is that which has been uncovered by archeologists, in addition to vestiges of these ideas, which are to be found in the Catholic exaltation of Mary. However, to determine the exact nature of sexual biases in the major religions, we must look to their holy works as these serve as a basis for the religions. "

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