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Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Although women were called the pious sex much earlier, it was during the nineteenth century, when the differences between men and women were being made more explicit, that an intense bond between women and religion was developed. Religiosity was thought to be a natural part of femininity and turned religious masculinity into an oddity. This clear-cut gender ideology, however, remains an ideology…

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