The Management of Religious Diversity and Gender in Spain

Abstract

Spain is a country with a long Catholic tradition, a Church that has had a significant influence on our society for centuries, clearly reflected, for example, in its conservative position on issues of gender and sexuality.

As a result of the 1978 Constitution, some changes began in our country in this area, establishing gender equality as a fundamental principle. It also began a clear process of secularization and modernization in Spain, which would weaken the influence of Catholicism in society and foster, in our secular society, a clear disinterest in all things religious, with an evident decrease in religious practice, which led to a significant evolution in attitudes towards gender and gender equality.

At the end of the 20th century the concept of post-secularization would emerge and religion would regain relevance in the public sphere and in social life. This paper will face the legal challenge of analyzing, in the context of religious diversity and complexity of the religious phenomenon of this post-secular era, the role of women and their possible discrimination or not in this field in our 21st century Spain in order to study the limits that the legislator can impose on incitement to violence against women that is based on religious and/or cultural beliefs related to gender.