I wish to hear from the religious community on this as well?

I know there are many diverse view on the gender issues from the religious community, so I wish to know your views on the questions I ask in this survey:


http://www.tigersurvey.com/survey.php?su...





If you have the time of course, if not then no big deal, just answer this:





Do you think women and men are equal or not? Do you think society has made enough progress with gender equality or does it still have a long way to go?

I wish to hear from the religious community on this as well?
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Reply:"Equal" is kind of an ephemeral concept, isn't it? Of course women aren't "the same as" men, which is what equality means. Biologically different, obviously, and sociologically we are raised differently, so that we tend ("tend" being the key word) to have different thought patterns. No doubt that gives rise to different belief sets and ways of viewing the world, and also it gives us each particular strengths and weaknesses (again, only as a group, as any individual can vary significantly from the whole).





So we are NOT the same, and to act as such is dishonest, and a little foolish. At the same time, we are all fundamentally human and deserve compassion and respect. I think as a society we have yet to be honest enough with ourselves and each other to make the kind of progress that is needed. We have a ways to go before we can be honest enough with ourselves to figure out which way we ought to go.
Reply:I have filled in your survey through pure curiosity!





I think that too much emphasis is put on gender equality in today's society. It has made it so that women can't win no matter what they do! Somebody in the community is going to have a go for the choices that the woman makes simply because society is not ready to take the responsibility of tolerance and understanding that comes with giving people choices. This does not mean I think that we are less equal than men, rather, we make ourselves vunerable to society values.
Reply:As a somewhat religious woman, I feel completely equal to a man in every way except in strength. And I know I will never match a man in that area. I don't get offended when people say police man instead of police officer and I don't feel as though I have ever been discriminated on because of my gender. I know many women who make more money than their husbands and I feel we have just as many job opportunities as well! I think people should just be happy because they live in America where they can be free, and quit trying to find things wrong with the world. It's not really that bad!
Reply:i think a lot of the dialog about gender equality is misplaced because it assumes that we are all the same and that the genders are the same. then, on the other side of the coin, there's an assumption that each individual must fit into one gender or the other.





it's pointless to talk about equality on any level until we have learned to be tolerant.
Reply:I think men and women have different qualities that suit them to different purposes in life. Trying to mould them into lines of work to which they're not suited in the name of equality creates more problems than it solves.
Reply:Equality in any form is nonsense. Some people are smarter, prettier, more competent, etc. (male and/or female). But, any philosophy that dismisses someone based on their sex alone is untenable.





Feminism is bigotry.
Reply:I think men and women are equal, deserving fully equal rights under the law. That doesn't mean men and women are exactly the same.





No, society has not made enough progress, especially societies in Third World countries.
Reply:In most marriages, I find the women making the decisions for the household, and I see the men going along with whatever the women want. If mom is not happy, no one is happy.





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Reply:Equality is impossible because everyone is different.


But everyone deserves the same human rights.
Reply:Men and woman are equal,going any further we are just spinning our tires.
Reply:Already filled it out for you.
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Reply:If I fill it out again do I get more points?
Reply:I'm old enough to have seen both sides of the issue of 'equality', or in truth 'feminism'. The problem, imo, is that it wasn't our(women) idea. It wasn't. Someone else decided that they weren't getting enough money from single income households and if both the man AND the woman worked they'd get double the money coming in. (Google Gloria Steinem and the CIA) Investigate.





I do not see anything good that has come out of the feminist movement, nothing. It has destroyed the strong family unit, alienated our children, and made many women very unhappy, and confused.





Are men and women equal? In what way? I'm not as big or strong as one. Am I unequal? I'm intelligent, but I think 'differently' than a man does. Unequal? What if we were made to 'compliment' each other? Strengths and weaknesses wouldn't be so glaring in that light. Or is this all about 'pay'? Madison Avenue sure has everyone snowed now. We absolutely have bought into every bill of goods they've frightened us into accepting. Think about it. Everything they tell you works from your fears. Fear of being accepted, loved, pretty enough, thin enough, the right clothes, the right home, friends, job, TV, the list is endless.





Personally, I'd rather have things as they used to be. Women stayed home and made a home for her husband and children.


We had our work and it was satisfying. We had respect, and we had meaning. We were responsible for the rearing of human beings! Repeat that to yourself and tell me raising honest, well adjusted human beings isn't good enough to garner respect, or be fulfilling? Yes, I know there are those who don't want that...but it wasn't always that way. It is a relatively new phenomenon in the stream of time.





Personally, I don't use the word 'equal' when talking about people. We all have strengths and weaknesses, we are all the same in God's eyes as He is not partial, nor am I. As a Christian woman, I'm a compliment of my mate. Solomon summed it all up best I think: Ecc. 12:13 The conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the [true] God and keep his commandments. For this is the whole [obligation] of man. 14 For the [true] God himself will bring every sort of work into the judgment in relation to every hidden thing, as to whether it is good or bad.

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