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1 Jezebel Jezebel was persecuted in the Bible by people of the Hebrew faith, because she was a female with great power and refused to renounce her religious beliefs. I will argue that Jezebel's actions and way of life was not any different from other rulers or prophets at that time, but was condemned because of her religious beliefs, and gender. According to the Bible, Jezebel was an evil woman for a variety of reasons. She …

…Jezebel to worship Baal and Asherah, because of her influence. The portrayal of Jezebel has also been used to culturally construct a figure that is not what "feminine" should be. If a woman were to be called a "jezebel", this would certainly be an unfavorable attribute to her character. This enables patriarchy to curb women's intellect, will, and capacity and designates Jezebel not as a role model, but as a female figure who was evil.