From this reading, I found myself the most concerned with the quote “patriarchy is not bigotry, hatred or oppression but rather the natural social order.”
How can rendering women as less than men justifiable?
I want to consider the different perspectives described in this writing while integrating other readings I am familiar with. Is it based on cultural differences that this statement was made? Is it based in time period?
I know this reading was pondering this same question of where hierarchy comes from, however, I am curious about how thought processes like these come about in society, and ultimately Islam as a religion.
