Quotes about Women and Religion

I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's. Votes: 3

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. Votes: 1

We need to stop objectifying our women in what we call our second religion... Our films. And our TV shows. Votes: 1

Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere. Votes: 1

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law. Votes: 1

It is only in the fundamentalist religions that women are relegated to second class. Radical Evangelicals, Muslims, and Jews all have the same view of women. Votes: 1

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe. Votes: 1

I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on. Votes: 1

Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws. Votes: 1

There isn't a religion on earth that isn't damaging to the human race because every one of them is patriarchal and every one eliminates more than half of the human race - women. They are all oppressors of women. Votes: 1

Let us recognize that we can no longer tolerate violent oppression of women in the name of religion and culture any more than we would tolerate violent oppression espoused by any other bully in the name of a twisted rationale. Votes: 1

At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. Votes: 1

Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Mao's China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. Votes: 1

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. Votes: 1

When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. Votes: 1

The universal religion - contempt for women. Votes: 0

God is for men, and religion for women. Votes: 0

Pretty women without religion are like flowers without perfume. Votes: 0

Men and women existed before creeds; love is the only religion. Votes: 0

Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion. Votes: 0

Organized religion always has been and remains the greatest enemy of women's rights. . . . Votes: 0

I'm an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women's rights. Votes: 0

How can we trust a religion that has advocated slavery and the subjugation of women throughout history? Votes: 0

Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions. Votes: 0

I mostly hate organized religion, which I think is a force for the oppression of women and creates warfare. Votes: 0

Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics. Votes: 0

There were many groups working for women's rights, but none of them dealt with the root cause of women's oppression-religion. Votes: 0

The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind. Votes: 0

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. Votes: 0

No future life could heal the degradation of having been a woman. Religion in the world had nothing but insults for women. Votes: 0

When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms. Votes: 0

There were statistically more women than men on the planet. Why should every major religion have been founded by men and propagated by men? Votes: 0

Male religion entombs women in sepulchres of silence in order to chant its own eternal and dreary dirge to a past that never was. Votes: 0

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law Votes: 0

And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women? Ever think of that? Votes: 0

One of the problems with organized religion is that it has always kept women in a second-class position. They have been viewed as the daughters of Eve. Votes: 0

How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women. Votes: 0

Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women. Votes: 0

Men and women make sad mistakes about their own symptoms, taking their vague uneasy longings, sometimes for genius, sometimes for religion, and oftener still for a mighty love. Votes: 0

Religion was created by insecure men to oppress women. Religion is the basis of all political ideas and it exempts the human being to find the "I" in them. Votes: 0

The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them. Votes: 0

What would have been the effect upon religion if it had come to us through the minds of women? Votes: -1