The Questions of the Status of Women: From Social and Religious Perspectives
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2024-11-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This thesis focuses on the status of women in religious interpretation and socio-cultural
attitude and their continuous support the inequality and disparities of gender. The study tried
to show how they constraint the attempts to success gender equality. To put a philosophical
reflection to this problem by investigating the logical and empirical foundations of the
religions' claims that women are naturally inferior to men, this thesis suggests that such
demands are logically and empirically unjustified. Importantly hinder the achievement of
deferent effort to put an end gender disparity. This strict philosophical inquiring
acknowledges religious interpretation the inferiority of women to men. It was also established
that such religious interpretation are patriarchal oriented and subjugating women. As a
result, the study proved that despite logical and empirical indefensibility of the religious
assertion about the nature of women, they continue to influence peoples thought and action
therefore remain as obstacle on the progress of equal treatment of gender . The study argues
that since the foundation of such religious interpretation are themselves ontologically and
epistemologically problematic. Critical discussion of the views of certain philosophers held
concerning gender I argue that these scholars supported subjugation of women in a
patriarchal setting. It argues that the two religions (Christian and Islamic) are being
patriarchal. Finally, when we look the status of women in Ethiopia still women are in low
status. Despite the government amends constitution to guarantee the liberty of women but in
the ground remains lip services.
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the status of women, religious interpretation, socio-cultural attitude