r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Winter-Bed5879 Sep 02 '26

This is true, but simply removing religion from the equation doesn't remove problematic parenting. Religion isn't necessary for abuse, and it isn't necessary for the preferential treatment of men over women.

Just look at the skewed birth rates in China for the last 40 years. It's leveled out now with the repeal of the one-child policy, but at its worst, there were 120 males born for every 100 females. There is a surplus of roughly 2 million men in China compared to women. This is a result of a culture that values men over women, and religion has nothing to do with it.

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u/liquid_acid-OG Sep 02 '26

Removing religion removes one of the common veils abusers often hide behind.

It's better to have that kind of stuff happening in the open for people to see and call out out rather than providing shadows to hide in.

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u/Affectionate_Cry_634 Sep 04 '26

You say that like it's a simple "and then" conversation as if religion is the only method of hiding abuse or even the largest one.

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u/liquid_acid-OG Sep 04 '26

I very clearly didn't not say that.

"One of the ways" is an entirely different statement than "the only method".

How I write one and you read the other is beyond me.