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walkingman

(9,204 posts) Thu Feb 10, 2022, 05:06 PM Feb 2022

Having just finished "Handmaidens Tale" it got me to thinking... [View all]

Are all organized religions misogynistic? I ask this seriously. All organized religions that I have looked at don't seem very good for women, historically always putting women down or making them subservient. Not only do they seem sexist but seem to push a ideology that has a problem with one of nature most basic functions.....sex.

I clearly understand that Handmaidens Tale is just a TV series but it seems so metaphorically true of today's world that I have to question...has it always been this way?

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Having just finished "Handmaidens Tale" it got me to thinking... [View all] walkingman Feb 2022 OP

Absolutely... secondwind Feb 2022 #1

Shakers LakeArenal Feb 2022 #2

That's interesting - I'll read up on them. I've heard that a lot of native Americans walkingman Feb 2022 #6

Man created God in his image. CrispyQ Feb 2022 #3

Good point - never thought of it that way. walkingman Feb 2022 #7

There's a lot of writing on this subject ymetca Feb 2022 #4

Thank you! walkingman Feb 2022 #8

In my experience Dale in Laurel MD Feb 2022 #5

I've heard a lot of positive things about UU - aren't Wiccan just female? walkingman Feb 2022 #9

There are all-female circles/covens, Dale in Laurel MD Feb 2022 #10

I have encountered both all male and all female slightlv Feb 2022 #11

sort of a side comment but I have always found that the "Trinity" - rurallib Feb 2022 #12

It is interesting to me that some Catholic cultures... old as dirt Mar 2022 #13