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Sexual freedoms.

Authors :
Stjerna, Kirsi
Source :
Dialog: A Journal of Theology. Sep2018, Vol. 57 Issue 3, p173-177. 5p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Abstract: Women—still—experience different forms of sexism in their daily lives. After the sixteenth‐century Protestant proclamation of the blessings of motherhood and women's bodies, and the women's sexual liberation movement of the 1960s, women's real freedoms and rights with their bodies, including sexual relations and procreation, are still being negotiated. Violence against women's bodies, including sex trafficking, relates to both the lack of appropriate education and fundamentally distorted views of humanity. Considering Luther's teaching on women as imago Dei, and attending theologically to the issues pertaining to misogyny—such as reforming the traditionally male‐centered God‐language and challenging the culture's implicit permission for ongoing violence against women—are some of the concrete steps that can be taken. Given the revelations with the #MeToo movement, the ELCA's 2018 draft on the Social Statement on Gender and Justice is timely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00122033
Volume :
57
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Dialog: A Journal of Theology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
132089255
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12414