2/3 of all JW's are women and what it implies

by Mindchild 26 Replies latest jw friends

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  edward gentry

  Gambler. Welcome
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  LoneWolf

  I must agree with Simon. For eons women have been conditioned to follow and obey without question. It's hard to break such tradition.

  Then again, could it be related to hormones? (Betcha there are a few eyebrows being raised, LOL) But seriously, women are more likely to avoid confrontation than men. Perhaps testosterone has its advantages?

  LoneWolf
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  gambler

  Thank you edward.Hi to all as I am new here
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  Tina

  Fundamentalism is part of the societal conditioning that perpetuates the patriarchal notion of 'divinely ordained' female roles and subjection. I think far too many women despite some progress that has been made,find this to be acceptable and 'comfortable' due to being oriented in a society based on the male values construct.
  Religions such as the JW's foster the sense of male privilege,one too many women are familiar with and don't challenge.Passivity is powerlessness. Having such a mindset/worldview ingrained in them,historically,culturally and economically keeps women(and attracts them) in patriarchal based religions like this. It's the old gender politics of a super male(sky-daddy) who is more powerful. Just another form of jock worship and abdication of personal power. just my dos centavos

  Jehovahs Witnesses,Proudly Serving Their Corporate Masters!
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  TheOldHippie

  The heading says that 2/3 of all Witnesses are females.
  Are you talking about the USA, so that the heading should have read that 2/3 of all US Witnesses are females, or are you simply, as do most US people, assuming that US = The World?
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  Xena

  I personally agree with Prisca and feel that women tend to be more interested in spiritual/religious matters. Men tend to be more interested in the material aspects of life as they traditionally are the "bread winners" of the family leaving their wives to supply the emotional/spiritual/religious aspects to the family.
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  garybuss

  Hi All,

  I gotta wonder if the female ratio feature is unique to the Jehovah's Witnesses. It seems to me that it is not. I have visited more than a few churches and religious groups and the majority of them seem to have a similar male to female ratio. The most balanced of groups I have seen is the Mennonites.

  My reasons for attending group activities was different than my wife's. I attended as a pragmatist. I had perceived problems and I received promised solutions. I am goal oriented and I received promised rewards. I was receptive to ego strokes and recognition, my wife was not.

  My wife was receptive to social invitations and used the group as a social nucleus. Doctrine and philosophy was less important to her than finding a group of friends to socialize with and less important than finding perceived suitable playmates for her children.

  I studied the literature in hopes of achieveing the reward of salvation from a cruel and punishing god. She studied the literature to parrot the answers back in order to fit in and feel a part.
  
  Openness to religious thought requires magical thinking. It seems to me more males than females tend to evolve to rational objective thought. With the loss of the ability to engage in magical thinking, religion is an unacceptable concept and the rational person moves toward reality.
  
  There is a lot of social activity available on a real level but it requires some effort and is not automatic nor a benefit of membership in a group. A healthy life attracts healthy friendships and healthy associations. A high control group has nothing to offer a healthy rational person, male or female.
  
  gb
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  openminded

  I agree with Simon. I see the husbands quitting and the wifes sticking it out for some reason. Fear and social ties I think.
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  RunningMan

  Maybe this statistic tells us something about what people really want.

  Think about it. In the JW's, women are discriminated against. They cannot
  speak or teach publicly. They cannot hold positions of authority. They are
  officially subservient to their husbands and virtually any male in the congregation.
  Why would a woman want to be a part of this? Yet, they outnumber men 2:1.

  Maybe we all have a secret wish to be whipped.
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  Moxy

  a very simple factor that i dont think has been mentioned:

  women are more often contacted by door-to-door.

  in japan where the disparity between men and women in the workforce is much greater than the USA, the ratio of JW women is correspondingly higher, roughly 80% i believe.

  mox