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elements-9449	Chou, Lindsey	Our Lady Of Impossibility: Gendered Standards In Islam And Christianity	2016	6	.pdf	application/pdf	3687	251	69	Given the acceptance of menstruation as “defil- ing,” the conflation of Mary’s virginity with her worth, and the reduction of her identity and value to being the obedi- ent owner of a uterus, it becomes clear that the ways in which we affirm Mary matters are framed within the rules of what matters most for men. She is, by her essence, sacred.15 The melding of this standard set by Fátima with that of Mary blurs the boundaries between Christian and Islamic expectations for women.	cache/elements-9449.pdf	txt/elements-9449.txt