Chastity 2 Jesus and the women
Here is an extra reading to help us to reflect on what was the attitude of Jesus while relating with women. EXTRA READING: Jesus and the women. Somebody may say that Jesus was like anyone of his time a close minded misogynist. In fact none of the twelve apostles was a woman. Did Jesus think, like people of his time, that women were useless or inferior? Before answering about Jesus let us have a look at the condition of women in the Jewish society at the time of Jesus. The power of men inside the family was “Absolute”. The girl was under the dominion of the father till the moment she would get married (thing that would happen in her early teenage). After that she would move under the protection of her husband. If ever her father would die before her marriage, her elder brother (not her mother) would assume the power. After marriage she would not be free to enter public places unless fully veiled. A serious man would never entertain a woman in a public place and if ever he...