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Examine the view that there is sexism in religion
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Examine the view that there is sexism in religion. It is frequently the case that religions treat women as inferior to men - women have been denied leadership roles, they are told to be submissive, and religious doctrines are used to control them both in society and the family, I will now assess these claims. Karl Marx famously commented that: "Religion is the opium of the masses." This means that religion was a form of ideological state apparatus, which was being used by the state to compensate for the poor living and working conditions of the proletariat. Religion provided a justification for the inequalities of life and gave optimism to the people who were being exploited through its ideas of a just heaven. However more recently religion has been accused of acting as an agent of social control over women. The term "agent of social control" literally means a tool utilized...
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