Women's Rights Issues, God/Goddess, Religion and Spirituality, Misogyny Upheld By Female Judge in Rare Female-Ruled Country?

Women's Rights Issues, God/Goddess, Religion and Spirituality, Misogyny Upheld By Female Judge in Rare Female-Ruled Country?

Hi again,

Just found this interesting bit over at Digg and tracked it down at Yahoo! News.

I commented 'hmmm... looking to Scripture to rationalise abuse of women... misogyny alive and well... again.. and with God's 'consent'.' Forgot to add 'and legal, female judge's consent in a country run by a strong female Chancellor, my namesake, Angela Merkell'. ;-)

Meanwhile, Muslim women held a conference in November 2006:

Meeting in New York over the weekend, Muslim women from 25 countries began laying groundwork for the first international all-female council formed to issue fatwas. Their idea: to ensure that women's perspectives on Islamic law become part of religious deliberation in the Muslim world - particularly on issues such as domestic violence, divorce, and inheritance.

"There's this growing sense on the part of literate Muslim women ... that there is a vital need for women to confront the Islamic tradition and to work on a par with men in interpreting the sources," says Ann Mayer, an expert in Middle Eastern law at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. "Otherwise you end up with a very sexist bias in the readings."

If you know anything about the results of that conference, please share... ;-)

The New Energy spirituality balancing of the masculine and the feminine continues. These wonderful debates help move this energy along by building humanity's collective awareness, choice and will to recreate society so that it works for ALL.

Until next time,


Angela.

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Women's Rights Issues, God/Goddess, Religion and Spirituality, Misogyny Upheld By Female Judge in Rare Female-Ruled Country?

Parenting, Motherhood, Mommying and Misogyny: Blog Conversations

Parenting, Motherhood, Mommying and Misogyny: Blog Conversations

Hi,

After two weeks of what seems like a LOT of repeating of requests to bathe, clear up your room, time for bed and the full gamut of 'do this, do that' parenting seems to involve, I took a breather last night to stare at the almost-full moon. I turned off the tv and the lights and just breathed in the peace, the quiet and the tranquility.

These past two weeks, the issue of misogyny has also been with me. I don't see it being talked about much in the mainstream media. The last time was during one of Paula Zahn's 'Out in the Open' series a couple weeks ago.

Then this morning, instead of jumping into my morning writing 'to do' immediately, I visited BlogHer after a long absence and found two wonderful parenting/mommy posts.

The first is Lisse's 'Because it Ain't All Sweetness and Light' and the second is by Dorothy, entitled 'Looking Out, Looking In'.

Enjoy the great read both provide.

And if you have the time, reflect a bit on whether you feel women worldwide face misogyny all the time in both subtle and openly cruel forms.

Talk to you soon.


Angela.

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