Editing Women's rights (section)

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{{Main|Women in the Bible}}
Both before and during biblical times, the roles of women in society were severely restricted.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=B.A.|title=The status of women in the Bible and in early Christianity|publisher=Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance|year=2010|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_bibl.htm|access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> Nonetheless, in the Bible, women are depicted as having the right to represent themselves in court,<ref name="Hiers2012">{{cite book|last1=Hiers|first1=Richard H.|title=Women's Rights and the Bible: Implications for Christian Ethics and Social Policy|date=2012|publisher=Pickwick Publications|location=Eugene, Oregon|isbn=978-1-61097-627-5|url=https://archive.org/details/womensrightsbibl0000hier|url-access=registration|quote=women's rights in the Bible.|access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref>{{rp|56–62}} the ability to make contracts,<ref name="Hiers2012"/>{{rp|63–67}} and the rights to purchase, own, sell, and inherit property.<ref name="Hiers2012"/>{{rp|63–80}} The Bible guarantees women the right to sex with their husbands<ref name=CawBiblic>{{cite web |last1=Frank L. Caw, Jr. |title=Biblical Divorce And Re-Marriage |url=http://www.frankcaw.com/divorce-print.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030812232627/http://www.frankcaw.com/divorce-print.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2003 |access-date=19 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Caw2005>{{cite book |last1=Frank L. Caw, Jr. |title=The Ultimate Deception |date=10 February 2005 |publisher=1st Book Library |isbn=978-0-7596-4037-5 |url=http://www.frankcaw.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980110011803/http://frankcaw.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 January 1998 |access-date=19 October 2015 }}</ref> and orders husbands to feed and clothe their wives.<ref name=CawBiblic/><ref name=Caw2005/> Breach of these Old Testament rights by a polygamous man gave the woman grounds for divorce.<ref name=CawBiblic/><ref name=Caw2005/>