Inför den kommande familjesynoden har Tina Beattie tagit initiativ till en blogg där kvinnor kan samtala om kyrkan

”A forum for women’s conversations about the Church in the lead-up to the 2015 Synod on the Family.”

”Catholic Women speak”

http://catholicwomenspeaking.blogspot.co.uk/

Man Ray, Venus Restored (1936)

Bilden är från Påvliga kulturrådets hemsida som påannonserar sitt plenarmöte om Kvinnokultur 4-7 febr .

http://www.cultura.va/content/cultura/en/plenarie/2015-women/outline.html

// Irène

PS Om Påvliga Rådets ovanstående val av bild råder delade meningar.

We are church Irland kommenterar

”It is Venus Restored (1936), a work by male artist Man Ray. It is a plaster cast of a fragmented female torso tightly bound with rope. A woman without head/face,with no arms and no legs and in bondage.

Like many other male Surrealist artists, Man Ray tended to objectify women and define them as subordinate. As targets of male desire, women were the subjects of disturbing fantasies and erotic violence.

Man Ray had a strong interest in Sade and sadism and there is a recurrent sadistic streak in his artwork, as well as in his relationships with women, characterised by domination and aggression Man Ray photographed women wearing implements of bondage and enacting scenes of torture. He also helped others, like William B Seabrook realise in real life his fantasies of women bondage.

What is behind this choice of female bondage image by the (all male)Pontifical Council for culture? Is it the choice of the group of women (Who are they?) behind this document? What message does it seek to convey?”

http://wearechurchireland.ie/disturbing-vatican-image-of-woman/

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Jag undrar också vilka kvinnorna är som knåpat ihop arbetsdokumentet……..??

Här är namnen på de 32 medlemmarna i Påvliga Kulturrådet där kardinal Ravasi är ordförande.