Mans Dominion The Rise Of Religion And The Eclipse Of Womens Rights 1st Edition Sheila Jeffreys by Sheila Jeffreys 9780415596749, 9780203802397, 9780415596732, 020380239X, 0415596734, 0415596742 instant download after payment.

This 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-woman attitudes such as 'male-headship', impurity of women, the need to control women's bodies, and their modern manifestations in multicultural Western states\"--Back cover The author argues that the domestic and international rise of religion is harmful to women's human rights. Jeffreys describes that the distinction between fundamentalism and religion is problematic and focusses on three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) 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. 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.