Gender prejudice and discrimination

Question 1

What is gender prejudice

Answer 1

Belief one gender is superior to another

Question 2

What is discrimination

Answer 2

Treating people less favorably because of their gender, colour, sexuality, age or class

Question 3

Sowa

Answer 3

There is neither male nor female for you are all one in Christ Jesus - shows god has reference

Question 4

Examples where Jesus shows he actively combatted prejudice and discrimination by treating all with respect

Answer 4

Samaritan women at the well
Woman caught in adultery
Greek woman

Question 5

What are divergent views

Answer 5

Some churches don’t ordain women
Jesus is male and didn’t have female disciples
St Paul teaches women should remain silent in church and have a lesser role

others do ordain women
believe women should have equal roles
Jesus treated women equally and argue he choose 12 men because of the culture at the time
evidence that there were women priests in the early church

Question 6

what is the catholic view

Answer 6

against gender inequality Vatican 11 gave women greater equality in church
Jesus was and so priest must be
men have always been successors of the apostles