Control Fundamentalism, but not Religion, in your Honour Studies

Reviewer Comments:

p. 6, Line 36: The authors suggest that Allport and Ross's logic doesn't apply to sexism but I think it does when you consider that the more fundamentalist strains of religions generally focus on more "extrinsic" religiosity than "intrinsic" ones.  Also, while there are explicitly sexist scriptural elements in the world's major religions, there are also elements supporting gender equality---it is not necessarily religion, but rather how the scriptures are interpreted and which ones are emphasized. Fundamentalist religious variants interpret and emphasize scriptures in ways that support women's subordination. Burn & Busso point out that scriptural literalism mediates the relationship between religion and AS. A more nuanced discussion of religion (particularly Islam) and AS is needed. 

p. 8-10: I'm a bit uncomfortable with the presumption that Islam is necessarily sexist; like the world's other major religions, it varies—while many strains are, particularly the fundamentalist ones, it can be interpreted/practiced/revised in ways that don't require women's subordination. Religious fundamentalisms are committed to the authority of ancient scriptures and believe them to be infallible; hold religion to provide a total worldview inseparable from politics; idealize a past where gender spheres were separate; require women to be modest and subordinate and regulate their sexuality; reject norms of universal human rights and multiculturalism; and have an "us vs. them" mentality (Anwar, 1999; Furseth & Repstad, 2006; Hoffman & Bartkowski, 2008; Pollit, 2002).  These religions see men and women as essentially different.  They justify gender inequality as divinely mandated and use religious scriptures to support traditional views of gender roles (Daly, 1985; Glick, Lameiras, & Castro, 2002; Gross, 1996).  They often condemn and resist feminism.  Research confirms the idea that fundamentalism is a stronger predictor than religiosity in discriminatory attitudes toward women (Hunsberger, Owusu, & Duck, 1999; Kirkpatrick, 1993; Mangis, 1995).