Gender  matters to our understanding of culture and religion. How we understand  gender, gender differences, and the understandings and practices of  gender has a profound impact on how we talk about (and understand)  religion.

Gender is a means of understanding the concept of culture.

All  aspects of culture are gendered — both in terms of how differences  between genders are perceived, but also how they are lived out. Gender  is a place for power relations (remember that power is everywhere) — not  only clear cut male control of women (such as patriarchy), but also the  means by why power relations are put into practice.