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[–]Lilith_Fair 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Religious rights argue that every woman belonging to a certain religion must be allowed to present as submissive etc. as she (or her family) desires,

This is the one of the biggest gaslighting of all time. Women: "We have the right to have our rights taken away."

[–]DimDroog 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm so tired of it.

I just left a cult, that calls itself Buddhist, and even there women are second tier.

[–]Killer_Danish 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My eyes were really opened up to the nefarious side of Buddhism when I learned about the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by the Buddhist majority.

Really, ANY major religion hands girls and women the short end of the stick or more...