Attitudes towards sexism in Islam and Christianity

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Even though the gap between the rights of men and women is slowly getting smaller there are many examples in today’s society which illustrate the discrimination towards women . A major example of this is in Christianity - the Roman Catholic Church only allows men to be priests. .Another example is the issue over equal pay for men and women. At the moment men are earning considerably higher salaries compared to women, even though they are doing identical work. Women working full time still earn on average 17% less per hour than men.

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Discrimination towards women also happens in the workplace, with women being the targets of sexual discrimination especially if they are in a male dominated field of work. There has been a recent article in The Times newspaper where a female spy who worked in the army had been awarded £12,000 compensation. The woman was subjected to comments about her breasts, insulting graffiti about her was scratched on guard posts, and the lavatories she used were sabotaged with cling film over seats. Another example is women are not getting promoted because of the risk of them getting pregnant and then going ...

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