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Unit 7: Gender, Religion and Culture (Section 1 - Introduction to Religion…

- - - - Geertz - culture as the fabrics of meaning through which we interpret the world --> there are many sub-cultures within cultures; cultures are dynamic; majority cultures can legitimize structures of power
    - - Seen by feminists as mostly patriarchal - exclusion of women from religious leadership, gender-biased interpretations of religious scripts
      - Religious leaders often blame inequality on cultures to escape responsibility
  - - - Counter-argument - many colonial regimes imposed the Christian religion on the colonized; and saw African and other religions as evil
- - - - The practice of veiling was a sign of status before Islam
      - The practice of veiling is done differently by different women - Quran scripts are not straightforward
      - Quran places modesty restrictions on men as well - but this issue less discussed
      - Fannon - the wearing of the veil signifies the end of childhood - an extension of the woman's body
      - Practice of veiling is not confined to Islam
  - - - It reinforces a hetero-patriarchal family structure - limits women's opportunities outside the household
      - The Church does nothing to change sexual division of labor within the household and the increased burden of women
      - Increases the cost on women - financial, health, opportunity cost
      - There rules are enforced by unmarried men - distant from realities of childhood and marriage
  - - - Gender Complementarinism
        
        e.g. Mosque Movement in Egypt and Ladies Against Feminism