Doc's lectures are highly enjoyable to me no matter how crazy out there they lead. Today's was about women. Specifically how society views them and how society used to view them back in the days of Paul. Yes, I am talking about paul form the bible. We had to read 1 Corinthinians for writing class. Believe it or not the bible is very sexist, as are most christian views and pretty much the whole damn worlds view. I've been saying this from the beginning and I am glad someone else sees this too. The issue is that no matter how hard women try they will never truly be free. By free I don't mean that they are able to hold the same jobs and positions as men and able to do anything that men can do bullshit. We all already know this is true and that women should be able to do the same things as men. But women should be truly free. By free I am talking about women being seen as human. yeah yeah you think they already are seen this way. Women are seen as objects, property, vessels, people to be owned and fantasized about. Women are slaves and always will be. No matter race,age, or sexualality females will always be seen as such, just females. Women are mysterious objects that should be owned or quieted, even in today's society. Think about it. Why do we marry? The instant answer you will say is 'love'. bull. If the couple were truly in love a marriage wouldn't be necassary. Marriage occurs because men feel they need to own the woman , and the woman has been taught from birth that she should look forward to the moment the man gets on one knee and places a ring on her finger to symbolize to all other males that this girl is taken 'owned'. Men don't understand women because they are not the same, therefore he feels he should own one just as a hunter feels the need to hunt the most dangerous animal, the one he doesn't know how to kill yet. okay so now i just compared a man to a hunter and a woman to the prey...hmm maybe this is a good comparison.
back to religion...
We read Paul 1 Corinthians. Paul refers to women as either being virgins or harlots(prostitutes). They can only be one or the other and either way they are sinful. Everyone knows women are cursed, correct. If you don't know what I'm talking about...remember that story of adam and eve and eve 'makes' adam take the apple? well although man won't suffer from adam's transgression, woman will suffer for eve's. A woman has about a 28 day cycle, some women's differs. This cycle is the curse women have been given because of eve.No need for me to continue everyone knows what curse i am speaking of now. This is in the bible, I'm not making it up. I really don't understand why women continue to be religious after just hearing this story. Already the religious world is unfair to them. Paul continues this unfairness. Paul views women as unrighteous cows. Even their skin is sinful to touch and they should be covered at all times, especially within the holy buildings. Women should bear as many children as possible, such as a cow, because women are only seen as vessels who continue the bloodlines. The only way to end this sexism would be to either a) kill all men disabling the ability to continue patriarchy or b) start the whole world over and adam and eve must grab the apple together.
i may continue this rant later but as of now it is just depressing and i am done.
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