In the middle ages, about a million women including Joan of Arc were burned to death as witches. Some women broke through the limelight such as Julian of Norwich, Dt. Gertrude, St. Mechtilde and St. Teresa of Avila. In the 16th century, Spain brought Christianity and its patriarchal society in the Philippines. The friar spared no effort to mold the Filipino women.
In the middle ages, about a million women including Joan of Arc were burned to death as witches. Some women broke through the limelight such as Julian of Norwich, Dt. Gertrude, St. Mechtilde and St. Teresa of Avila. In the 16th century, Spain brought Christianity and its patriarchal society in the Philippines. The friar spared no effort to mold the Filipino women.
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In the middle ages, about a million women including Joan of Arc were burned to death as witches. Some women broke through the limelight such as Julian of Norwich, Dt. Gertrude, St. Mechtilde and St. Teresa of Avila. In the 16th century, Spain brought Christianity and its patriarchal society in the Philippines. The friar spared no effort to mold the Filipino women.
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women. They call them heretical, bold, immodest because they presumed to prophesy, teach and baptize.
In the Middle Ages, there emerged a charismatic
persecution of women who were condemned as witches. They suspected women were giving themselves through their alleged habits, evil techniques to Satan. etween the 13th and 18th centuries, about a million women including Joan of Arc were burned to death as witches. In spite of this, some women broke through the limelight such as Julian of Norwich, Dt. Gertrude, St. Mechtilde, St. Teresa of Avila and St Catherine of Siena. Protestantism failed also to see the role of women other than procreation and nurturing. However, the emerging Lutheran and Calvinist Churches did recognize the social and theological role of women. Some prominent women were Elizabeth Houton, Mary Dyer and Elizabeth Fry. From the Catholic side, we have Angela Merici and Louise de Marillac. The Women in the Phil. Church History The Pre- Spanish women did enjoy equal status with the men. Women can study as well as having the same right as to the inheritance. Women were having the same right as their husbands and they were sharing in managing the economy and the agricultural production. In the 16th century, Spain brought Christianity and its patriarchal society in the Philippines. The friar spared no effort to mold the Filipino women. They imposed manuals describing the proper behaviour that women should adapt in schools and in society as a whole. The image of this is Maria Clara. During the Propaganda movement, the Ilustrados denounced the domestication of women and so some women emerged from the shadow like Gabriela Silang, Tandang Sora and Gregoria de Jesus. |
The Phil. Society still holds a double
standard view of women. That the wives should always be obedient to their husbands. If the husband is committing adultery, it is alright but the woman should not do that. It is a shame and a disgrace! The Church too still holds a conservative view of women. In terms of theology, a woman is still considered a temptress like ³Eve.´ There is still a sexist tone in the Liturgy like man instead of human, ³brethren´ instead of ³brothers and sisters´ In spite of this again, women in the Philippines enjoy a prominent place in all aspects of society. There is a growing awareness of the ³woman question´ throughout the country and so the growing emancipation of women into a full personhood. ut still in far- flung barrios women are domesticated, ill- treated or abused. We have a long way to go towards the liberation of women.