Why do woman allow religions to repress them?

This is something that also bothers me alot, woman deserve better then all this.

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• Christianity
• judiaism
• bible
• quoran
• qur'on
• islam
• woman
• men
• beating
• abuse
• degrading
• masochistic

[5pecular]

Some forms of repression, (and i don't mean abuse) can give a sense of inward liberation. And some forms of outward liberation give way to inward repression.

Something worth giving some thought too ...

[wolfwing1]

@5pecular What you mean by inward liberation?

[Unworshipediety]

Biologically men have much more testosterone which causes a difference in psychological growth as men tend to be more violent. Male muscle doesn't deteriorate as fast as female muscle does when inactive. Even if the above isn't true it's hard to fight against a societal construct that feeds into religion, social structure & is world wide that has shown positive results despite the negative. Of coarse things are changing for the better and I hope it continues along that path for women as a whole.

[wolfwing1]

@Unworshipediety True, but you still see it in the US where even alot of Christians erase that part of the bible or ignore it, but you still have woman that willingly join these things. Godless bitch's did a few episodes talking with woman, one of whom, if not both willingly went into these things :<

[no2religions]

Why do woman allow themselves to be subjected to abuse and humiliation generally? My sister is engaged to a piece of shit that is a control freak, passive and actively aggressive, he even hurts her pets and all sorts of other things. Neither of them are religious at all. I don't think these people actually realize that they are being treated like trash, because being treated like trash is normal. If they did, it would be over.

[wolfwing1]

@no2religions Yeah, I realize that not all abuse is from religious, or for religious reasons, but the religions tend to try to give a certain authority behind it, rather then a abusive husband just doing it, you get abusive husbands using god/bible/quoran and other such things as excuses. And a bit harder to ignore when supposedly your own god is behind it all :<

[Nocturnalux]

These women are too afraid to forge for themselves and never outgrew their dependence on father figures. So they latch on unto husbands and voilá, they never have to worry about ever making a decision for themselves and they compensate this lack of control over their own lives by focusing obsessively on controlling their children's.

[Bluebelle9289]

Some women claim certain religions - like Christianity and Islam which are two of the worst when it comes to the treatment of religion - make them "happy." How can being treated like shit make anyone feel happy? It both boggles my mind and ticks me off.

[5pecular]

@wolfwing1

I'm not sure how to describe it. I think the best example is Nelson Mandela, if you read his autobiography you'll get a picture of what I mean. When he was in prison although his outward freedom was taken away from him nobody could take away his inward freedom.

Another more relevant example is the opinion that religious dress (ie Hijab) offers woman freedom from having to conform to the sexual imagery promoted by the media.

[fruitikay]

GREAT video. Religion oppresses everyone, but a swift skim through the "women" section of the Skeptic's Annotated Bible will give you all the verses and stories about women and their lack of rights. They were property. I don't understand how most religious women can stand it, then again, they are indoctrinated. Even Eastern religions don't allow very many women to be priestesses.

[Coquipirate]

Community! It's sad but women are on adverage more religious.

[Mammothviking]

If your brain is weak enough to believe the dogma then they will believe that they are weaker, NEED a man, can't provide as much money and some actually love the fact that thery are raising the kids and the father works to provide. Especially right after you have a child. Many men are fine with this. Many maternal mother insticts make women want to stay home and nurture. I have noticed the less religious the more independant most women are. Great topic.

[Unworshipediety]

@wolfwing1 Ah alright I'm still very confused as to why women still go into these things given the modern times and the information that's available today. Maybe it comes down to purpose. When many people are given a purpose or find one usually they'll take the first thing that comes along. In the U.S. if you watch T.V. the basic notion you gather is men are strong & know stuff, women need to be protected but know the matters of the heart. Traditional family propaganda could be the issue...