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  • Essay / The importance of feminism in modern society - 1517

    Feminists support the fight against human trafficking, support aid for rape victims, support the right to equal pay for women and defend the belief that women are as valuable as men. Jesus himself treated women with respect; this is evident in his interaction with the woman caught in adultery found in John 8:1-11. The religious leaders wanted to criticize Jesus and believed that he would either choose to let her go, thus breaking the law of Moses, or condemn her. The passage records Jesus' wise response: "And as they continued to question him, he stood up and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him first throw a stone at her. » (“King James Bible Online”). Jesus also treated a Samaritan woman with respect in John 4:4-42, and he willingly interacted with an unclean woman in Matthew 9:20-22 (“It is possible to be a Christian feminist”). Additionally, in John 3:16, Jesus said, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (“King James Bible"). He is not implying that he died only for men or that he died only for women; Christ loves us