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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Western religions all have a history of being patriarchal and othering women, to varying extents.  It is unsurprising that adherents to these religions see women as innately sinful and their bodies/sexuality/fertility as something to be controlled and managed.

Folk religions and those that are more matriarchal have tended to have a softer view of women in general, including womens fertility.

The fact is that as long as there have been humans, there have been means derived to terminate and control pregnancies.  Folk remedies were common.  The genesis of the abortion struggle in the US began when the AMA (mostly men) took issue with the fact that women sought and got abortions outside of the medical establishment.  This is an establishment that continues to “other” women, discount our pain and experiences, and otherwise seeks to disempower people when it comes to their own health and healing.[/quote]

Why are you singling out Western religions? Non-Western religions aren’t exactly egalitarian.[/quote]

Because we are in the west?  And the vast majority of religion practiced in the west are…western?[/quote]

Not anymore. United States isn't majority Christian.

Easy enough to tell . There are way more mosques than churches opening every year [/quote]

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