In what ways were the various religious and philosophical traditions that emerged from 500 B.C.E.to 500 C.E.gendered?

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The Answer is •Rationalization and perpetuation of patriarchy (Confucianism,Hinduism).
•Popular forms of established religions developed that were more accessible to women and the lower classes (Buddhism,bhakti movement in Hinduism,Daoism).
•Wen/Wu dichotomy linked male identities with literary learning and martial skill.
•Male and female viewed as complementary and in balance (Daoism).
•Male and female deities in polytheistic religions (Hinduism).
•God (Yahweh)in Judaism primarily masculine.
•Women associated with impurity,sin,evil,darkness,earth (Hinduism,Christianity,Confucianism).
•Christianity shifted from the more egalitarian message during Jesus's lifetime and the house churches in which women held leadership positions to the exclusion of women from the church hierarchy.

In What Ways Were the Various Religious and Philosophical Traditions