Devout religion’s esteem boost derives from a sense of divine privilege, not compassion

Evidence

There is a justification, a supreme compensation, that society has always been bent on dispensing to woman: religion. There must be religion for women as for the people, for exactly the same reasons: when a sex or a class is condemned to immanence, the mirage of transcendence must be offered to it. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1765 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Intrinsic religious devotion may heighten rather than reduce prejudice through a sense of chosenness.; Religion offers oppressed groups a mirage of transcendence as compensation for immanence — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1765

Broader Connections

• Intrinsic religious devotion may heighten rather than reduce prejudice through a sense of chosenness. #expands (0.95)
• Religion offers oppressed groups a mirage of transcendence as compensation for immanence #complicates (0.72) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1765