... that as far as Christian churches are concerned, women are more likely than men to attend a religious service and 66%of regular church goers are women. This surely suggests that as women have greater religiosity than men they must not feel exploited or subservient to males. On the other hand their roles still tend to be secondary where they do not often participate actively in the service. Orthodox Jewish women for example cannot read from the Torah scroll or participate in symbolic actions at festivals. The Torah justifies the position of women by saying that Eve influenced her husband to eat at her command in the Garden of Eden and as a result of this woman would become subservient to men. Obedience to the torah, however, restores her to her former and proper status as the crown of her husband and pearl of his life. This therefore encourages women to ...

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