Women in Religion (Mary Pat Fisher)p.g.12~33

Throughout human history, women have had deep spiritual experiences, have been healers, have had access to enlightened wisdom, and have been willing to devote themselves to the service of others. Each of these women's experiences has been unique. But the spirituality of both women and men has always been expressed within and molded by social systems and religious traditions. In general, these systems and traditions have been favored men as spiritual leaders and relegated women to minor roles. Neverthese, because women as well as men have spiritual experiences, sometimes very powerful ones, there have always been some women who have broken out of the mold.

Religion for women's experiences are individual, conveniently categorized. And for women, their patriarchy in institutionalized religions, is seemed to founded by men. Some of them access the situation and some of them struggle to make people know what they are thinking and what they gonna do. But there are many limits on women's religious participation. They are not allow to do what they really want to do. Everything they do should follow the religious status made by men. In many cultural, women always clean the holy places, attend the daily masses or be the secretaries and office managers. They seldom have power in their religion. It's what women's experiences in religion.