Schraf,
I'm sorry, but the Bible and Judeo/Christianity, along with other world religions, simply use God to justify male dominance and superiority, and thus female subjegation and inferiority.
I wonder if this is really a justifiable statement.
Let's start with:
The thing is, women were considered chattel, more or less, in the Bible.
I don't think you can say "in the Bible" here. It is true that in most of the Tanach (OT), women were more or less owned. It is also true that this was the way in the Middle East for that time period and long after. You can tell the improvement even under Roman rule in the early centuries A.D. The Middle East progressed somewhat, and "the Bible" with it, which is not really one book, anyway.
This is evidenced even by Jesus' changes to the divorce laws. You may not like his, either, but they're definitely different, and surely better in your eyes, than the ones in the Torah.
I'm sorry, but the Bible and Judeo/Christianity, along with other world religions, simply use God to justify male dominance and superiority, and thus female subjegation and inferiority.
I don't think this is fair and accurate, either. Much of Judeo-Christianity has developed with culture. I believe in roles for men and women that are different and important, so you probably wouldn't like my views much, but even my views are progressive compared to the New Testament writings of 2000 (okay, some 1900) years ago. Some of Christianity is so progressive that even NOW wouldn't object to their views on women.
I understand your being offended with the past. I understand your disagreement with a relatively small segment of modern Christianity, but it's just not true that "the Bible and Judeo/Christianity...simply use God to justify male dominance and superiority."
The Bible and most of Judeo/Christianity reflect the times. They are not propagating male superiority. Even most of the strong emphasis on wifely or womanly submission is in the South, where the culture leans that way, anyway. It's also emphasized in very literalist churches (but only very literalist), but that can't be changed.