COMPARING ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS NORMS AND HUMAN SEXUALITY GENDER ROLES SEXUAL NORMS MARRIAGE DIVORCE SANCTITY OF REPRODUCTIVE LIFE /ABORTION TECHNOLOGIES JUDAISM Both men and women in Traditional followers of Marriage is highly Jewish law Judaism has a Judaism approves Judaism are Judaism hold the belief valued in the permits divorce. strong belief in forms of acknowledged as equal, that sex is a union for a Jewish tradition. It The divorce the sanctity of biotechnologies but separate. There husband and wife, and is a contractual document is life. used in the have been inroads that premarital sex is not bond with God and called a get. The Jewish law does assistance for women have made in all approved. a married couple is get is presented not permit reproduction as three major Jewish Contraception is seen as expected to be by the husband abortion on long as the intent is divisions. Although problematic because it procreative. to the wife or demand, but to produce a child. Orthodox Judaism has interferes with wife’s agent there are traditionally separated procreation. In the Same sex marriage because their acceptable traditional sects of the spiritual lives of men counters the view marriage circumstances Judaism, marital sex is and women, Modern of the Torah, and contract has that permit prohibited during and Orthodoxy does have this viewpoint is been violated. abortion. The women who have for seven days following upheld by The Orthodox fetus is not become Torah scholars, a woman’s Orthodox Jews, but and Conservative considered a and have formed menstruation. Adultery same sex marriages tradition does person until it is women-only prayer is prohibited, as noted are supported by not recognize civil born. Jewish law groups. Some in The Ten Reconstructionist, divorce permits abortion, Conservative Jewish Commandments. Reform and overriding Jewish especially if the groups are identifying Homosexual acts are Conservative divorce. They mother’s life is at that men and women also forbidden. Judaism. would consider risk, if the have the same spiritual the couple as still pregnancy is obligations of prayer married until causing distress that were once reserved they have ended to the mother, for men only. Reform their marriage and there has Judaism recognizes according to been rape or gender neutrality, and rabbinical laws. incest. ordains female rabbis. In the Reform tradition, a civil
COMPARING ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS NORMS AND HUMAN SEXUALITY GENDER ROLES SEXUAL NORMS MARRIAGE DIVORCE SANCTITY OF LIFE /ABORTION REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES JUDAISM Both men and women in Judaism are acknowledged as equal, but separate. There have been inroads that women have made in all three major Jewish divisions. Although Orthodox Judaism has traditionally separated the spiritual lives of men and women, Modern Orthodoxy does have women who have become Torah scholars, and have formed women-only prayer groups. Some Conservative Jewish groups are identifying that men and women have the same spiritual obligations of prayer that were once reserved for men only. Reform Judaism recognizes gender neutrality, and ordains female rabbis. Traditional followers of Judaism hold the belief that sex is a union for a husband and wife, and premarital sex is not approved. Contraception is seen as problematic because it interferes with procreation. In the traditional sects of Judaism, marital sex is prohibited during and for seven days following a woman’s menstruation. Adultery is prohibited, as noted in The Ten Commandments. Homosexual acts are also forbidden. Marriage is highly valued in the Jewish tradition. It is a contractual bond with God and a married couple is expected to be procreative. Same sex marriage counters the view of the Torah, and this viewpoint is upheld by Orthodox Jews, but same sex marriages are supported by Reconstructionist, Reform and Conservative Judaism. Jewish law permits divorce. The divorce document is called a get. The get is presented by the husband to the wife or wife’s agent because their marriage contract has been violated. The Orthodox and Conservative tradition does not recognize civil divorce overriding Jewish divorce. They would consider the couple as still married until they have ended their marriage according to rabbinical laws. In the Reform tradition, a civil Judaism has a strong belief in the sanctity of life. Jewish law does not permit abortion on demand, but there are acceptable circumstances that permit abortion. The fetus is not considered a person until it is born. Jewish law permits abortion, especially if the mother’s life is at risk, if the pregnancy is causing distress to the mother, and there has been rape or incest. Judaism approves forms of biotechnologies used in the assistance for reproduction as long as the intent is to produce a child.
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