From Spiritual Descriptions to Legal Prescriptions: Religious Imagery of Woman as "Fetal Container" in the Law
In law, as elsewhere, the role of symbolism is of more than symbolic importance. Religious symbols of women help to reinforce prevailing gender ideologies about the proper place of men and women and women's appropriate roles and status in society. In American society, religious symbols of women...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1993
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-93 |
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