Feminist scholars focus on sexuality and gender roles in religion, as well as connecting religion to race and ethnicity. I found the idea of “weaving” to be very intriguing as it is a metaphor that represents women’s strength, ability to pursue goals and take action. Women have made many contributions to human history and were often overlooked. It’s interesting that weaving was used as it can be stereotypical of women and their previous roles in society. On the other hand, weaving can represent skill, patience, and effort.
“In many regional societies a woman’s wages from weaving belonged to the man in charge of her family. Furthermore, weaving and other forms of textile production are mind-numbing, body-tiring, work-your-fingers-to-the-bone labor” (Peskotitz 115). As mentioned in the text, weaving was very hard work with minimal pay, demonstrating their determination, while male weavers were paid more. Women were being taken advantage of for their hard work and is still seen in modern times.
“The use and popularity of this metaphor comes, in part, from feminist desires to interrupt a masculine intellectual culture with “female”
imagery” (Peskowitz 112). This quote reminds me of the importance of different perspectives and the importance of accepting women as equals as it confronts the system that devalued them. To me, weaving represents women’s suffering and hardships while also highlighting their hard work and fight for equality.
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