• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What I know is that in medieval times gender roles were much more flexible and “undefined”

    That doesn’t match any scholarship I’ve read. Medieval Europe was a patriarchy in the classic sense. Woman were second class citizens.

    https://thescholarship.ecu.edu/items/f84ef457-a230-4ba8-bddb-72a5982d5af2#%3A~%3Atext=The+Middle+Ages+is+often%2C%2C+fight%2C+and+work).

    If you are thinking about that letter from Paul,

    I’m no biblical scholar but it isn’t just Paul. Here are some quotes:

    “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.” 1 Corinthians 14:34

    “I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.” 1 Timothy 2:12

    “For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands,” 1 Peter 3:5

    “To the woman he said, ‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.’” Genesis 3:16

    “Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.” Isaiah 3:12