Ancient religious and legal codes across cultures uniformly framed woman as vile or subordinate.

Evidence

And yet Evil needs Good, matter needs the idea, and night needs light. Man knows that to satisfy his desires, to perpetuate his existence, woman is indispensable to him; he has to integrate her in society: as long as she submits to the order established by males, she is cleansed of her original stain. This idea is forcefully expressed in the Laws of Manu: “Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river united with the ocean, and she is admitted after death to the same celestial paradise.” — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 170 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In the assessment of former member T. F. Charlton, “the combination of patriarchal gender roles, purity culture, and authoritarian clergy that characterizes Sovereign Grace’s teachings on parenting, marriage, and sexuality” created an environment where women and children—especially girls—were “uniquely vulnerable to abuse.” — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 632 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Biblical-era women were property bound to male kin and taboo-burdened; Patriarchal religions purify woman of her stained nature through male-defined submission — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 170; Patriarchy, purity culture, and authoritarian clergy jointly create abuse-prone environments — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 632 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Biblical-era women were property bound to male kin and taboo-burdened #corroborates (0.90)
• Patriarchal religions purify woman of her stained nature through male-defined submission #corroborates (0.88) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 170
• Patriarchy, purity culture, and authoritarian clergy jointly create abuse-prone environments #expands (0.75) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 632
• Violence against women is a global problem transcending religious boundaries #complicates (0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 487