Episode 3: Where the Hell Are the Women? Why Eve & The Marys Serve A Purpose in Christianity

I wanna say this really clearly at the beginning of this episode, because I think it's so important, that this episode and this podcast is not about religion.

You don't have to believe anything the Bible says.

You don't have to go to church.

In fact, you might be completely agnostic and not believe in any religion at all.

I wouldn't have cared about this subject either five years ago.

I'd have probably told you that Christianity is not something I can see myself in.

I can't connect with this man in the sky God story.

But we have to care.

I've come to that conclusion because our whole Western society is built upon its values.

So this podcast episode is about the impact Christianity, and I'd argue all religion, has had, especially on women, in shaping our society, our belief systems, because of the absence of women in, in the religion and in the stories, and the women that are there, how distorted their stories are.

Because Christianity built the operating system for modern society, certainly where I live in the UK, which women get believed, which women are seen as harlots and whores- Which women are difficult or hysterical, which women are the good girls, the quiet, self-sacrificing, perfect women, and which are more inconvenient.

Which women get believed in rape cases because of what they are wearing and which don't.

Because, because Christianity created this sorting mechanism around what got written into what the church calls scripture, the accepted canonical gospels 2,000 years ago, and it still exists today.

It shows up in a comment section on Instagram when someone calls you a feminist bitch, which I've heard a few times, a courtroom, a family group chat, and in your own private voice in your head when you're wondering why you still feel like you have to earn approval, let alone feel valued.

So let's go deep and find out where this mechanism came from.

I wanna say this really clearly at the beginning of this episode, because I think it's so important, that this episode and this podcast is not about religion.

You don't have to believe anything the Bible says.

You don't have to go to church.

In fact, you might be completely agnostic and not believe in any religion at all.

I wouldn't have cared about this subject either five years ago.

I'd have probably told you that Christianity is not something I can see myself in.

I can't connect with this man in the sky God story.

But we have to care.

I've come to that conclusion because our whole Western society is built upon its values.

So this podcast episode is about the impact Christianity, and I'd argue all religion, has had, especially on women, in shaping our society, our belief systems, because of the absence of women in, in the religion and in the stories, and the women that are there, how distorted their stories are.

Because Christianity built the operating system for modern society, certainly where I live in the UK, which women get believed, which women are seen as harlots and whores- Which women are difficult or hysterical, which women are the good girls, the quiet, self-sacrificing, perfect women, and which are more inconvenient.

Which women get believed in rape cases because of what they are wearing and which don't.

Because, because Christianity created this sorting mechanism around what got written into what the church calls scripture, the accepted canonical gospels 2,000 years ago, and it still exists today.

It shows up in a comment section on Instagram when someone calls you a feminist bitch, which I've heard a few times, a courtroom, a family group chat, and in your own private voice in your head when you're wondering why you still feel like you have to earn approval, let alone feel valued.

So let's go deep and find out where this mechanism came from.