Does God Hate Women?

232 Pages·2009·7.724 MB·English

by  Ophelia Benson, Jeremy Stangroom

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This fascinating book explores the role that
religion and culture play in the oppression
of women. Ophelia Benson and Jeremy
Stangroom, authors of the critically
acclaimed Why Truth Matters ask probing
questions about the way that religion
Shields the oppression of women from
criticism and why many Western liberals,
leftists and feminists have remained
largely silent on the subject.
The lives of women in the industrialized
world have improved enormously in
the last hundred years, especially so,
in social, cultural and political terms,
in the last forty. But throughout the rest
of the world, a great many women lead
lives of misery and sometimes plain
horror. They are often considered and
treated as the property of men and have
few, if any, rights. Such treatment is
generally sustained and protected by a
combination of religion and culture. Does
God Hate Women? explores instances
of the oppression of women in the
name of religious and cultural norms
and how these issues play out both in
the community and in the political arena.
Drawing on philosophical concerns
such as truth, relativism, knowledge and
ethics, Benson and Stangroom assess the
current situation and provide a rallying
call for a progressive politics that is
committed to universal values.
This important new book will appeal
to anyone interested in issues
of global justice, human rights
and multiculturalism.
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN-10: HB: 0-8264-9826~4
ISBN-13: HB; 978-0-8264-9826-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Benson, Ophelia.
Does God hate women? / Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Strangroom,
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8264-9826-7
1, Women and religion. |. Strangroom, Jeremy. _ ll. Title.
BL458.B46 2009
200.82-dc22 2008054792
Typeset by BookEns Ltd, Royston, Herts.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall
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Contents
Acknowledgements Vil
1 A God of Bullies
2 Religious Apologetics, Islam and Caricature
3 The World and the Kitchen
4 Honour !s Between the Legs of Women
5 Holy Groupthink 108
6 Mutilate in the Name of Purity 131
7 Islam,I slamophoanbdi Rais k (Sy
8 Lipstick on a Pig 173
Notes ws
Index eo