Historically, the unequal power structure between the different genders (male and female) in the Hebrew Bible relegated women and placed them in positions of objective powerlessness. ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her article, "The Degraded Status of Woman in the Bible"" (2006), discusses this view of the superiority of men over women in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Stan concludes that if not for the intervention of the international human rights community, Beatriz would have lost her life just because a religious sect has refused to review its rigid, out-dated doctrine to give room for incl...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate