{"id":1075,"date":"2013-11-11T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/women-and-taboos-leaning-in-and-getting-frank-about-faith-sexuality-and-the-bible.html"},"modified":"2013-11-11T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T21:12:00","slug":"women-and-taboos-leaning-in-and-getting-frank-about-faith-sexuality-and-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/women-and-taboos-leaning-in-and-getting-frank-about-faith-sexuality-and-the-bible.html","title":{"rendered":"Women and Taboos: Leaning In, and Getting Frank About Faith, Sexuality and the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In this age of third-wave feminism, many Americans may not realize that Christian women continue to struggle with what many would deem outdated gendered notions. This includes things such as a woman\u2019s calling being second to her husband\u2019s, women as unwitting temptresses who therefore must hide their bodies, and that women may not lead (or sometimes even speak) in church. Both external and internal pressures and fears have historically kept women silent on these matters.<\/span><\/span>

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In the recently released\u00a0Talking Taboo: American Christian Women Get Frank About Faith<\/em>, edited by Erin S. Lane and Enuma C. Okoro, 40 women under 40 were provided a much-needed pulpit from which to break the silence. These 40 women addressed head-on many of the taboos remaining at the intersection of faith and gender, and how they are stepping out of historical oppression to make real change within the church.<\/span><\/div>\n
Similar to their counterparts in secular academia, Christian women in America are catching up to men in theological training, yet the number of women receiving this training is not reflected in ordained ministry or leadership positions within the church. In her book\u00a0Lean In<\/em>, author Sheryl Sandberg notes that this is true, too, in places of business. While women are outpacing men in colleges and graduate schools, one cannot see this translate to positions of power within corporations. For this imbalance to be righted, Sandberg asserts that women must take charge of their circumstances: \u201cThe shift to a more equal world will happen person by person. We move closer to the larger goal of true equality with each woman who leans in.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
This is no less true of women in the church, and leaning in is exactly what the essayists of\u00a0Talking Taboo\u00a0<\/em>are doing.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In this age of third-wave feminism, many Americans may not realize that Christian women continue to struggle with what many would deem outdated gendered notions. 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