... themselves as a minority. This means the can allow themselves to 'stand up' for 'traditional' values and can, in doing this, oppress others. For example in some cases Islamic Fundamentalists have taken over Eastern countries (thus growing to become the majority suppressing the minority of non-Fundamentalists). They have insisted upon 'traditional' values being upheld; they had little contact with the Western world and women were made to cover their entire bodies and dismissed from work outside the home. Outline and discuss the view that religion, in general, has negative consequences for women Feminist Simone de Beauvoir believes that religion can be used by the oppressors (men) to control the oppressed group (women) and serves as a way of compensating women for their second-class status. To de Beauvoir religion acts for women in similar ways that it acts for the Proletariat to Marxists. De Beauvoir writes 'Man enjoys the great advantage of ...

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