Sonnet
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Let's start with reproductive rights. It is a pretty well established principle that you can start to overcome poverty if you allow women to escape a state of perpetual child bearing. The particularly nasty 'Mother Theresa' who claimed that poverty was beautiful, stridently railed against contraception and abortion according to the Catholic line. The denial of contraception and the love for poverty are directly linked. And it all boils down pretty much to the denial of rights to women.
By its influence and the signing of concordats the vatican places pressure on democratically elected governments to limit access to abortion, in ways that endanger the life of pregnant women, and damage mental health. So it is not only repression of women involved in the church, but oppression of women who claim no connection with the church, by way of asserting Catholic dogmas undemocratically on entire populations.
The Catholic church does not allow women to hold clerical positions within the church. It has to use religious exemptions within employment laws around the world in order to discriminate on the basis of gender.
Were you thinking there was no oppression of women in Catholicism?
Stuart
I wasn't suggesting there was or there wasn't oppression. Just interested to hear your view.
Saint Paul was pretty clear regarding women not teaching, having authority over men and keeping silent in Church.