Not really. In western history, women were often seen as morally & intellectually inferior humans more inclined to sin & in need of control https://twitter.com/Mic1402/status/907877892972888065 …
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But they were still seen as people. Men, on the other hand, were seen as at greater risk of the sin of pride & heresy due to arrogance
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I've always wanted to write about the degree to which Christian theology on gender differences aligns with evolutionary psychology on it.
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Because Christian ideas of it was based on observation but given a theological explanation - different kinds of sins.
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Women's greater emotional expression & tendency to be moved to sympathy with an outsider appears a lot as a potential for falling into sin.
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Also, a liking for pretty things, a tendency to talk more & to express anger verbally & at length. XD
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Men's greater tendency to express anger physically & to argue the fine details of things that weren't to be questioned also a danger.
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Men were also seen as in danger of worldliness but in a more driven, power, knowledge & status-seeking way & needed humility.
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One thing it got very wrong is seeing women as having higher sex-drives & a greater tendency to promiscuity.
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Almost certainly the old mate-guarding instinct stemming from evolution favouring men paranoid abt whether they were raising their own kids
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