Gender, feminism and religion A)<Tab/>Identify and explain two reasons why church attenders are predominately female? (8 marks) 1)<Tab/>Females have lower rate of participation in paid work and this, it is argued gives women more time for church related activities, and more need for a source of personal identity and commitment. with a lot of free time on their hands it is likely they will attend …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

…showed last 75 words of 801 total…lt;Tab/>overall religion does act as an agent of social control over women to some extent as women are restricted of doing certain activities in life such as dressing to a certain code etc, however these rules are changing as time is going on and women are entitled to a lot more freedom and can chose what they ant to do without having religion as a barrier. <Tab/>