Carter+Bethany



Is there equality for women in religion?
 * __ Research Question __**

**__Introduction__** All religions are made out of both men and women. Each religion treats women differently depending on their customs and beliefs. In this text there will be both quotes from holy books from each religion and others interpretation on them.

**__Interpretation and Analysis__**

Judaism In the Torah there are many verses that refer to women but there are almost no verses that speech to women but rather talks to the men about women. This makes it seem like women are less important and so don’t need to be spoken to directly One of the only times the Torah says something to women is in Genesis 3:16 it says, “To the woman He said, 'I will greatly increase your anguish and your pregnancy. It will be with anguish that you will give birth to children. Your passion will be to your husband, and he will dominate you.'” In this passage it says that the husband will dominate over the wife. There cannot be equality if one gender dominates over another,

Christianity The first few books of the Bible are almost the same as the Torah. Because of this the Bible starts out like the Torah talking to women indirectly, but this does change a bit in the New Testament. For example in Colossians 3:18-20 it says “Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.” Most people see the part about wives submitting and begin judge without reading the rest of the passage. The next verse talks about how husbands should love their wives, not treat them well. Then the next verse says for kids to obey both their father and mother. It does not tell the husbands that wives should submit and children obey. Rather it speaks to every member of the family individually.

//Compare and Contrast//

There is no denying that Jews and Christians have a lot alike even when it comes to gender. In both religions the women are referred to most of the time, not talked to directly.