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Old 04-12-2004, 09:28 AM   #11
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A good test: does the religion allow female priests, clergy, whatever?
Hinduism does allow female priests, but it is not a common practice. Some of the priestesses have heridatory roles, while others are widows or daughters of Brahmins who took on that role. but he clergy is usually male.
Buddhism and Jainism allow nuns, but the nuns are always subservient to monks, and in some cases if I remember correctly they were forbidden to teach men.
Sikhism does not have a female priest, let alone a female guru. There is some evidnece though that some of the missionaries in early days were female.


I suppose we can call Tantrikism female dominated, since there the Ultimate if female and women are the gate to salvation. Theoritically men are inferior.
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