THE LEGITIMATION OF WOMEN'S SUBALTERNITY IN CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

Abstract

Religion is a system of doctrines and practices existing in all countries; an important system that guarantees and maintains social cohesion through the rationalization of the conception of the world and the behavior of men and women, in addition to determining and legitimizing the place of men and women in society. From these considerations, we aim in the article in question, to understand how Christianity and Islam reinforce and legitimize the subalternity of women. By reading the Bible and the Koran, books considered sacred by both religions, we highlight some passages that justify and reinforce the idea that a woman should be obedient and subservient to her husband. Thus, based on some passages from the Bible and the Koran, interpreted according to the perspective and interest of religious leaders, the woman must be submissive to her husband, since he was imbued with divine authority to command and direct the family.