Bishop Petar -- a leading Orthodox Christian bishop in FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) -- has upset many human rights activists by blaming the increased divorce rate on women, the Balkan Insight website reports today (May 8, 2013).
Commenting on statistics showing that the trend towards an increase in divorce continued in 2012, Bishop Petar said that "Many marriages unfortunately fall apart because of vanity, because both partners want to be in charge, forgetting that the man is the head of the household and the woman is subordinate to the husband."
He added, "This is not in the sense that she is deprived of her rights. She enjoys even greater rights than the husband, because she is the one who raises the children and she is the soul of the family."
The remarks from a senior cleric in the largest religious community in FYROM have angered human rights activists. "For a long time, a woman's role in Macedonia has been portrayed solely as a mother and a wife, which represents breach of equality and direct discrimination against women based on sex and gender," the NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) said in their united response.
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