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guillaumeb

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Wed Jan 16, 2019, 05:55 PM Jan 2019

Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions [View all]

From the article:

Women have been elected heads of national governments on six continents. They have flown into space, served in elite combat units and won every category of Nobel Prize. The global #MeToo movement, in 15 months, has toppled a multitude of powerful men linked to sexual misconduct.
Yet in most of the world’s major religions, women remain relegated to a second-tier status. Women in several faiths are still barred from ordination. Some are banned from praying alongside men and forbidden from stepping foot in some houses of worship altogether. Their attire, from headwear down to the length of their skirts in church, is often restricted.


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https://religionnews.com/2019/01/15/women-strive-for-larger-roles-in-male-dominated-religions/
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