Times have changed. Time is never static but dynamic. Looking at the immense development woman rights have now particularly in some European countries where woman can practically treat men like shit and the system supports it. It behoves us to look at how women have been treated in the past as narrated in the Bible! Old testament
GE 3:16, CO 11:3-9, EP 5:22-24, CN 3:18, TS 2:5, 1PE 3:1-6 The husband is to rule over his wife. Wives are to be subject to their husbands even when the husband is disobedient to God. Man is the image and glory of God, while woman is the glory of man. Man was not created for woman but woman for man.
(Note: Some New testament verses are included herein).
GE 3:16 Women should suffer pain during childbirth. (Note: This verse was used by the Church to oppose the use of anesthesia during childbirth.)
EX 21:7-11
A father can sell a daughter into slavery to pay a debt. A daughter sold into slavery is not released at the end of six years as is an ordinary male slave.
EX 22:16-17
An unbetrothed virgin is required to marry her seducer.
LE 12:2
A woman who has a child, especially a female child, is unclean and purification rites are required.
LE 15:19
A woman who is menstruating is unclean. Anyone who touches her is unclean.
LE 15:20
Anything which a woman who is menstruating sits on or lies on is unclean.
LE 15:21
Anyone who touches the bed of a woman who is menstruating must wash his clothes and bathe, and is unclean until evening.
LE 15:22
Anyone who touches anything which was sat upon by a woman who is menstruating must wash his clothes and bathe, and is unclean until evening.
LE 15:28
After her flow stops, a woman who was menstruating must count off seven days before she is considered clean again. On the eighth day, she must present two birds to the priest for an atonement for having had a menstrual discharge.
LE 27:3-7
Males are more valuable than females.
NU 5:12-31
A woman suspected or accused of adultery is to be tested by making her drink the “water of bitterness,” or holy water mixed with dust from the floor. (Note: There is no such test for men.) In Anambra, na dead body wash water...
NU 31:18, 35, JG 21:12
Young virgins are considered a spoil of war and can be taken for the use of the victors.
DT 22:13-21
A bride in whom “the tokens of virginity” are not found is to be put to death. (Note: The bridegroom who falsely accuses his bride gets off with a fine.)
DT 22:23-24
A betrothed virgin who is seduced in the city is to be put to death unless she cries for help.
DT 22:28-29
A virgin who is raped must marry her rapist (if they are “found”).
DT 24:1-4
A man may divorce his wife simply because she displeases him.
DT 25:5-10
A man has an obligation to produce a child for his widowed sister-in-law.
DT 25:11
A wife who grabs her husband’s opponent by his “private parts” must have her hand cut off and is to be shown no pity.
JG 21:21
The Benjamites are commanded to take wives by hiding in the vineyards and then seizing the “daughters of Shiloh” as they come out to dance.
PR 31:10-31
The able wife is to bring only profit and no loss, rise before dawn, buy land prudently, plant a vineyard with her earnings, keep her lamp burning all night, gird herself to work, be generous to the poor, lend a hand to the forlorn, talk shrewd sense, offer kindly counsel, and never be idle.
New testament
1CO 11:3-10
A woman is to keep her head covered while praying or prophesying.
1CO 14:34-35
Women are to be silent in church. If they have any questions, they are to ask their husbands at home. It is a shame for women to speak in church.
1TI 2:9, 1PE 3:3
Women should not braid their hair, or wear gold or pearls or costly attire.
1TI 2:11-12
Women are to learn in silence (from men) in all submissiveness.
1TI 2:12
Women are not permitted to teach or have authority over men.
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