Does the Bible discriminate against women?

[goodlife]

In Asia most parents would prefer boys to girls.
In developing countries women die from pregnancy or childbirth as a result of the lack of basic medical care.
Many cultures follow religious beliefs and practices that justify abuse of women.

[RATTER15]

Here you go Goodlife:

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.


Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.


1 Corinthians 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.


1 Corinthians 14:34-36
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.


Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.


1 Timothy 2:11-15
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.


Titus 2:4-5
Teach the young women to be ... obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.


1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.


Its not difficult to find is it Goodlife or werent you looking?

[naomi24]

//As naomi says ^^, the Koran also permits this//

That ^^ could be misleading so just to clarify, the question is 'Does the bible discriminate against women' and when I wrote 'Yes it does - and so does the Koran', I meant yes it does - and so does the Koran. The inferior status of women is not a product of culture - it's a product of religion, and can be directly attributed to the 'holy' books.

Incidentally, did you know that, according to the bible, following the birth of a daughter a mother is considered to be 'unclean' for twice long as she would be had she given birth to a son?

Twist it as you will and deny it as you will - there is no getting away from it. Both the Bible and the Koran discriminate against the female of the species.