How Jehovah's Witnesses View Women. A Case Study in Misogyny and Sexism
Update: 2021-08-19
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Growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses I've always had a disdain for the misogynistic and sexist nature of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
They are a patriarchal society where women are to view men as their head and only men can hold positions of responsibility and teaching in the congregation. The head of a wife is her husband, and the spiritual head of a "sister" is a "brother". A female Witness is not to pray in front of a male Witness and must wear a head covering in order to pray in front of an unbaptized man or conduct a meeting in front of other sisters.
Women have not fared well in many of the world’s religions and societies. And the JW organization is part of this discrimination against women. All leadership roles within Jehovah's Witnesses are filled by men. Women fill only the very bottom position of the organisational hierarchy.
Misogynistic, sexist and subjective views of women are not without consequence.
Buy my book Losing The Faith: Amazon https://tinyurl.com/27x2htzm
Buy my book Cults: How They Work Amazon https://tinyurl.com/3bw82jk4
They are a patriarchal society where women are to view men as their head and only men can hold positions of responsibility and teaching in the congregation. The head of a wife is her husband, and the spiritual head of a "sister" is a "brother". A female Witness is not to pray in front of a male Witness and must wear a head covering in order to pray in front of an unbaptized man or conduct a meeting in front of other sisters.
Women have not fared well in many of the world’s religions and societies. And the JW organization is part of this discrimination against women. All leadership roles within Jehovah's Witnesses are filled by men. Women fill only the very bottom position of the organisational hierarchy.
Misogynistic, sexist and subjective views of women are not without consequence.
Buy my book Losing The Faith: Amazon https://tinyurl.com/27x2htzm
Buy my book Cults: How They Work Amazon https://tinyurl.com/3bw82jk4
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