1st Edition
Man's Dominion The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights
By Sheila Jeffreys
Copyright 2012
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women’s human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy.
Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-women attitudes such as ‘male-headship’,... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Devil’s Gateway: Religion and the Subordination of Women 3. Fundamentalism: The Divine Right of Patriarchs 4. The Right to Religion Trumps Women’s Human Rights 5. Multiculturalism and ‘Respect’ for Religion 6. Desecularisation and Women’s Equality 7. Covering up Women 1 8. A Harem for Every Man?: The Rise of Polygamy 9. The Master’s Tools: Islamic Feminism and its Critics 10. Conclusion: Liberating Women from Religious Oppression
Biography
Sheila Jeffreys is a Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of The Industrial Vagina (2009) and Beauty and Misogyny (2005).
