Religion and relations between genders

Abstract

Contemporary world rests on an idea of an inalienable equality regardless of one's faith, ethnicity or race. An important factor that impacts such inalienable equality is religion. Religions have a well developed view of the world and society that includes detailed arrangements between genders. In some religions, the legal social construct is very much related to the theology. These religions demand that the rules of familial relations acquire the power of positive rights. It is through these channels that religious tradition and practice become part of a legal structure in some parts of the world. The consequences are felt on the social and political relations between genders as well as on relations between religions in those societies.

Savremeni svet počiva na ideji rodne ravnopravnosti, bez obzira na veru, naciju ili rasu. Među važnijim činiocima koji utiču na rodnu ravnopravnost jesu i religijski. Religije imaju veoma razvijen pogled na svet i društvo. Između ostalog veoma detaljno tretiraju odnose među polovima. Osim toga važno je istaći da su u nekim religijama pravni poredak i religija veoma povezani. Stoga takve religije zahtevaju da njihovi propisi o porodičnim odnosima, dobiju snagu pozitivnog prava. Na takav način deo religijske tradicije i prakse postaje deo pravnog poretka u nekim delovima sveta. To ostavlja posledice: pravne, socijalne i političke na odnose među polovima i na odnose među različitim religijama u takvim društvima.