Abstract This article examines the impact of the widespread pattern of unequal age at marriage which led men to conclude that not only were their wives less experienced and mature, they were also inferior by nature. It examines the ideological underpinning for the view of women’s inferiority in Plato and the Genesis creation stories, especially in their Greek translation. It then traces the way this value system found expression in the traditional allocation of gender roles, women taking responsibility for the internal affairs of the household and men for the external affairs, including public discourse. There were exceptions both within Judaism and within the early Christian movement. These and the egalitarian thoughts in Christian beginnings had the potential to subvert these norms, over time, but a long time.

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社会正义与性别

摘要本文探讨了普遍存在的不平等婚姻模式的影响，这导致男人得出这样的结论，即他们的妻子不仅经验不足和成熟，而且天生也逊色。它检查了柏拉图和创世纪创作故事中女性自卑观念的意识形态基础，尤其是希腊文译本。然后，它追溯了这种价值体系在传统的性别角色分配，女性承担家庭内部事务和男性承担外部事务（包括公共话语）方面的表达方式。犹太教内部和早期基督教运动中都有例外。这些和基督教初期的平等思想有可能随着时间的推移而颠覆很长时间，从而颠覆这些规范。