Religion: The Virgin Of Gudalupe

One religious figure who shows a great deal of modesty is the Virgin of Gudalupe. To most people The Virgin is seen as an important role model for women, especially mothers, to look up to. Although she is normally seen as a positive figure there are some problems that arise because of the way she is portrayed. Worshipping a virgin woman as opposed to a more say promiscuous woman can imply that the only way to be close to god or ‘holy’ is to stay pure and untainted by sex. “Many women need to go through a spiritual clitoridectomy, in a sense of mutilating their lust to identify with the Virgin, get her approval of their behavior and never question the social and political order built around such religious ideology” (Althaus-Reid 49). These feelings