11.11 catholic teaching on the equality of women and men

• how is equality shown in the Bible?


  Genesis 1:27 equality of men and women as God made both in his image and likeness
• what are men and women required?

  equal dignity and equal rights
• why did God give men and women differences?


  so when unite in marriage they create a natural bond that strengthens and completes them as individuals and as a couple
• what does man and woman not being identical help them to value?


  gifts and qualities of each other
• what does mulieris dignitatem 10 say?


  ' the personal resources of femineity are certainly no less than the resources of masculinity : they are merely different '
• what two things do mulieris dignitatem 10 teach us?


  • equality is not the same as uniformity
  • the attributes of a woman are as important as a man
• what does catechism of the catholic church 372?


  ' Man and women were made ' for each other ' - not that God left them half made and incomplete : he created them to be a communion of persons in which each can be ' help mate ; to the other fir they are equal as persons .... and complementary as masculine and feminine '
• what 3 things does catechism of the catholic church 372 teach us ?


  • Gods deliberate choice to create men and women as a pair
  • men and women have equal roles in supporting each other
  • God designed men and women to care for each other
• catholic views on gender equality


  • equally important
  • different roles
  • different yet complementary roles to perform
• other views on gender equality

  • agree with the equality of sexes
  • treating women as equals means allowing them to equal opportunities
  • equally capable of fulfilling the same roles