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According to the teachings of Christianity and Islam what is their attitude towards sexism
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... According to the teachings of Christianity and Islam what is their attitude towards sexism Sexism is discrimination against people based on their sex rather than their individual merits. This discrimination can happen anywhere, to anyone. In some religions, the teachings that they go by are very sexist and make out that man is the superior against woman. In Christianity, especially in the old testaments, there were a lot of sexist views. One of these was the passage 1 Corinthian 11: 3-7 it states that when pray or read prophecies without her head uncovered. And if she did not have her head covered her hair should all be cut off. Men do not have to have their head covered because they are the "image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man." This is sexist because they are saying that men where created in the image of God, but women














