Women really have a tough time in a society that sees them as nothing more than property. In this chapter, dancers are kidnapped systematically and married off to rapists and rapist sympathizing soldiers; without a word of objection.

Marriage in biblical times is NOT one man one woman no matter what modern bible thumpers lie and say it is; Samuel’s family is an example.

John the Baptist pays the ultimate price because a man in charge is turned on by watching his own niece dirty dance for him. As discussed here is the movie detailing the exploitation children of another popular world religion have experienced since ancient times and are still subject to: https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-the-dancing-boys-of-afghanistan/

The first surgery reads a LOT like SRS aka a sex change surgery. 🤔 The family tree.

Norms are not commandments, they change as societal standards change. To carry on the family name Biblical matriarchs & patriarchs do things considered immoral by modern standards but that were perfectly “normal” by ancient society.

Naomi schools her daughter~in-law, Ruth, on when and how to approach Boaz and propose marriage.

The desire to fit in and not be treated as less than is nothing new when we consider the xenophobia foreigners often experience. In this chapter, the fact that Ruth is not of the nationality of the people around her takes center stage and calls to mind a documentary I HIGHLY recommend to anyone interested in understanding that concept in relation to the transgender struggle: it’s called Be Like Others https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Like_Others

We are introduced to Naomi, her family and tragedies. Then another contradiction to the Books of Moses arises in the narrative of her daughter-in-law Ruth.

The people organize an army to avenge the attempted gang rape of a man, not so much the violent gang rape of a woman.

Married to a Religious A*hole: In another incidence of patriarchy at the cost of the physical safety of women, we read about a man whose cakes are so precious he sacrificed his wife to keep them safe.