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Permanut

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11. men have used religion to normalize..

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2018, 10:38 PM

Sep 2018

and legitimize the subjugation of women. It works way better if you have God on your side than if you want to dominate another group just because you're bigger. Or stronger, more aggressive, testosterone driven, and just because you think you deserve to be on top, as it were.

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Is religion fair to women? [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2018 OP

No. we can do it Sep 2018 #1

No. cyclonefence Sep 2018 #2

Absolutely not! Butterflylady Sep 2018 #3

Without a doubt, No! FireandIce59 Sep 2018 #4

Women are not equal to men in Islam. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #5

Man created God to control woman. CrispyQ Sep 2018 #6

And that's the non-theistic view Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #10

No, of course not. MineralMan Sep 2018 #7

thus far that's a big no qazplm135 Sep 2018 #8

Overall - NO Runningdawg Sep 2018 #9

Clarification is needed. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #12

It was a general statement Runningdawg Sep 2018 #14

men have used religion to normalize.. Permanut Sep 2018 #11

Recommended. Very well written. eom guillaumeb Sep 2018 #13