Scold your wife sharply, bully and terrify her” is a quotation from a fifteenth century Catholic Church publication called ‘Rules of Marriage’, a “document which does not just condone wife battering but actually recommends it as a meritorious action that will bring spiritual benefit to both husband and wife: to the batterer and battered alike” (Women’s International Network News). This is just one example of the inequality and suffrage that women have suffered in …showed first 75 words of 1700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1700 total…can. But for now women continue to worship in a church full of sexist attitudes. Bibliography Ashe, Kay (1991). “The Feminist Revolution and Religious Education.” Religious Education. P.99 Booth, William D (1993). “The Open Door For Women Preachers.” Journal of Religious Thought. P.108 Chapman, M.L. (1996). Christianity on Trial. New York: Obis Books. The Holy Bible: New King James Version (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers. (1998). “How Organized Religions Support Violence Against Women.” Women’s International Network News. P. 45.