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Bw OPHELIA BENSON pitire » JEREMY STANGROOM © ‘At once a joy to read SS Se and a call to arms’ i \ ‘7s , ob This fascinating book explores the role that religion and culture play in the oppression of women. Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom, authors of the critically acclaimed Why Truth Matters ask probing questions about the way that religion Shields the oppression of women from criticism and why many Western liberals, leftists and feminists have remained largely silent on the subject. The lives of women in the industrialized world have improved enormously in the last hundred years, especially so, in social, cultural and political terms, in the last forty. But throughout the rest of the world, a great many women lead lives of misery and sometimes plain horror. They are often considered and treated as the property of men and have few, if any, rights. Such treatment is generally sustained and protected by a combination of religion and culture. Does God Hate Women? explores instances of the oppression of women in the name of religious and cultural norms and how these issues play out both in the community and in the political arena. Drawing on philosophical concerns such as truth, relativism, knowledge and ethics, Benson and Stangroom assess the current situation and provide a rallying call for a progressive politics that is committed to universal values. This important new book will appeal to anyone interested in issues of global justice, human rights and multiculturalism. 200.82 B443 Benson, Ophelia. Does God hate women? MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY Boardwalk Branch 8656 N. Ambassador Dr. Kansas City, MO 64154 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/doesgodhatewomen0000bens Does God Hate Women? Also available from Continuum: goa Why Truth Matters, Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom What Philosophers Think, edited by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom What More Philosophers Think, edited by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom Great Thinkers A-Z, edited by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom Does God Hate Women? Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom » continuum MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY - BTM Bsoacrdwealkn Bcranech ESV _IMMN' TIITTA Kansas City, MO 64154 B | ’ 3 0003 00948544 0 Continuum The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York, NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com © Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-10: HB: 0-8264-9826~4 ISBN-13: HB; 978-0-8264-9826-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Benson, Ophelia. Does God hate women? / Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Strangroom, p. cm. ISBN 978-0-8264-9826-7 1, Women and religion. |. Strangroom, Jeremy. _ ll. Title. BL458.B46 2009 200.82-dc22 2008054792 Typeset by BookEns Ltd, Royston, Herts. Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall PA . a 4 ae ans) - a a = ; 2. 2 7 = > * _ Fer Gnd han ararepeiuciien . ae > ohne - etAwiwDA Ff. - et ly { e WEED tite eisket edapolaomiggihAeh - 7 4 { ie freortt? DeOne DhIOh o rt a . nao te ened ort) nsswinit 2 wencH Contents Acknowledgements Vil 1 A God of Bullies 2 Religious Apologetics, Islam and Caricature 3 The World and the Kitchen 4 Honour !s Between the Legs of Women 5 Holy Groupthink 108 6 Mutilate in the Name of Purity 131 7 Islam,I slamophoanbdi Rais k (Sy 8 Lipstick on a Pig 173 Notes ws Index eo
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