Exam 18: Gender and Sexual Orientation-Roles and Identity

The __________ branch of Judaism takes the position that violation of the commandment prohibiting same-sex relations should be excused because homosexuals are "constrained" by their condition?

The three aspects of the Goddess in Wicca include the maiden, the mother, and the __________.

Many indigenous religions use feminine imagery alongside masculine imagery for the sacred (e.g., White Buffalo Calf Woman, Mother Earth). Describe this use of feminine imagery in at least one religion and discuss what difference this God-imagery makes to the religious imagination of the people. Does the "feminine sacred" reality affect the status of women in that indigenous culture? How so or how not?

Goddesses known as __________ are among the most loved deities in Tibet.

Conservative Protestant Churches have based their condemnation of homosexuality almost exclusively on __________.

The __________ tradition illustrates the Hindu heritage of male dominance.

The __________ branch of modern Judaism does not allow women to serve as rabbis.

Describe the Native American berdache role and the significance of the transgenderal same-sex relations associated with it.

Defend or refute the following contention: Regardless of whether it is a "religious" practice or not, "female genital mutilation" (clitoridectomy) ought to be outlawed as a heinous abuse of the rights of girls/women.

Compare and contrast the role of the feminine in images of the sacred in three of the following religions: Lakota tradition, Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Mahayana, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Wicca, and the Baha'i Faith.

The berdache, a role found in many indigenous religions, is an example of __________ same-sex relations.

Following Aristotle, the leading medieval Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas described female nature as essentially __________.

In __________ tradition, same-sex relations have traditionally been accepted as long as the partners are committed to one another.

According to early __________ texts, females are inferior by nature because they are "dark as the moon, changeable as water, jealous, narrow-minded, and insinuating."

__________ first wrote "in Christ there is neither male nor female."

The Book of Ruth is an example of narratives within the Jewish Torah that show women to be __________.