gender and society

Question 1

define feminism

Answer 1

advocating for women’s rights and equality

Question 2

when was the women’s suffrage movement

Answer 2

1900s

Question 3

when were women given right to vote

Answer 3

1918

Question 4

utilitarian views on gender equality

Answer 4

FOR
greatest good for all regardless of gender

mill- first member of parliament to call for women’s right to vote

Question 5

harriet taylor

Answer 5

true partnership with men means equal pay and financial independence and equality in all rights- political, social, civil

Question 6

Betty Friedan

Answer 6

survey- middle class women felt bored and far from fulfilled with obligatory role of dutiful housewife.

book helped women see that countless others disliked the housewife role - gave courage to abandon this role and pursue their interests

Question 7

simone de Beauvoir

Answer 7

women have become second sex- objects to men according to their needs

women living in false consciousness- must dispel this to be free

men and womens mindsets need changing

Question 8

plato on gender equality

Answer 8

all people should have equal access to education and training

soul is sexless

Question 9

Aristotle on gender equality

Answer 9

women are subjects to mens rule

women for 1 role only- procreation

Question 10

who wrote the second sex

Answer 10

simone de Beauvoir

Question 11

who wrote enfranchisement of women

Answer 11

harriet taylor

Question 12

who wrote the feminine mystique

Answer 12

Betty Friedan

Question 13

Ephesians 5 main quotes

Answer 13

‘husband is head of wife as christ is head of church’

‘wives submit yourselves to your husbands as you to the lord’

‘submit to one another’

‘husbands love your wives’

Question 14

criticisms of Ephesians 5

Answer 14

• bible written for different context
• our society has changed- men and women now viewed equally and roles have changed
• everyone is equal in Gods eyes

Question 15

galatians 3

Answer 15

you are all one in christ Jesus

Question 16

1 Timothy 2:12

Answer 16

I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man

Question 17

who wrote mulieris dignitatem

Answer 17

pope John Paul II

Question 18

mains themes of mulieris dignitatem

Answer 18

motherhood
virgnity
theotokos
eve Mary

Question 19

who said that motherhood implies a special openness to the new person and this is ‘precisely the woman’s part’

Answer 19

pope John Paul II

Question 20

who thought motherhood was ultimate fulfilment of female potential

Answer 20

pope John Paul II

Question 21

simone de Beauvoir on motherhood

Answer 21

women are forced into motherhood, kids leave their mothers feeling empty and crushed and unable to develop as individuals

Question 22

give 5 types of family

Answer 22

nuclear
extended
step family
same sex
single parent

Question 23

Roman Catholic on contraception

Answer 23

bad as goes against command to procreate ‘be fruitful and multiply’

Question 24

1 Thessalonians 4

Answer 24

you should avoid sexual immorality

Question 25

catholics on extra marital sex

Answer 25

'the sexual act must take place exclusively within marriage' only married couples

Question 26

Leviticus 18

Answer 26

you shall not lie with a man as one lies with a woman that is an abomination

Question 27

Roman Catholics on homosexuality

Answer 27

wrong as same sex marriage is invalid therefore homosexual sex is extra marital sex which is adultery

Question 28

quakers on homosexuality

Answer 28

most important thing is love not who you love but HOW you love made in Gods image god loves us all

Question 29

quakers on cohabitation

Answer 29

support most important thing is love

Question 30

mark 10

Answer 30

what God has joined let not man separate

Question 31

Roman Catholic on divorce

Answer 31

dont recognise divorce, still married to 1st partner so if you remarry then you commit adultery

Question 32

methodist church on divorce

Answer 32

is okay, better to end a toxic relationship than for it to become destructive lesser of 2 evils

Question 33

Julian of Norwich

Answer 33

had revelations and saw God as father and mother metaphor of mother and child describes relationship between God and humans

Question 34

fiorenza

Answer 34

christianity must move from kyriarchy (rule of the lord) to genuine ekklesia, gathering of men and women everyone on equal footing new approach to interpretation that speaks to women she focuses on NT texts that transcend androcentric structures just as feminists choose passages that speak to women's concerns

Question 35

context of 1 Timothy 2:12

Answer 35

Timothy starting church and Paul wrote this letter to him. at the time ephesians church was spreading false strange teachings. pual tells Timothy to command people not to teach false doctrines. universal instruction or just for timothy's church?

Question 36

catholic interpretation to 1 Timothy 2:12

Answer 36

heteronomous but focus on tradition- universal instruction for all churches at all times

Question 37

Church of England interpretation to 1 Timothy 2:12

Answer 37

heteronomous but focus on context - not universal but written just for Timothys church at that time