They have worked for 6,000 years.
Have they?
The abusive treatment of women in different ways. And abusive treatment of people in general, for it was a very hierarchical society.
For example, I’ve heard evangelical Christians use the phrase “the biblical principle of one man and one woman.” They aren’t talking about Jacob marrying both Leah and Rachel. He also had children with the servant and/or slave of each wife. Zilpah was Leah’s servant, and Bilhah was Rachel’s servant.
There was also a daughter Dinah, and most probably other daughters not listed.
And lest we say, Hey, the Bible is merely describing a situation, not endorsing it. This is the Book of Genesis by the way. Well, since these make children became heads of the 12 Tribes of Israel, it is kind of endorsing this.
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At the end of the day, I think this is someone’s (some man’s) version of the ideal life.
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Dinah and the Shechemites - Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her. His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and...
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1 Now
Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
2 When
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her,
he took her and raped her.
3 His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
4 Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
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The Israeli men come up with a plan to avenge on her behalf. But, is Dinah only included as a person because of this particular plot point? And that she’s a victim.
Maybe the book of Ruth shows a woman with more agency.
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You get the idea the men are keen to avenge because Dinah was violated by a member of the out-group. They may not have been so keen if it had been a member of the in-group.
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We can learn things and do better than an ancient book
[which has both good stuff and bad stuff].