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Submitted by DONVAN (United States), Sep 20, 2007 at 17:21

your thoughtful response. While it is true that the subjugation of females was a common practice in most of the early belief systems, other religions have made significant progress in some equality except "Islam". The brutality and intimidation of women is foundational and central to the male dominance ethos of the belief system.

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