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Synod Female Bishop Vote: 9 Other Things Women Are Not Permitted To Do

Jobs For The Boys
Jessica Elgot
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Women priests celebrate with a bottle of sparkling wine to mark the twentieth anniversary of women becoming ordained priests within the Church of England, in London, on May 3, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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It has been a long road for the Church of England. Women priests were first proposed as concept in 1975, but it was only in 1992 that the Synod approved the measure. The road to women bishops should have been straightforward, but it was denied by six votes at the Synod in 2012.

For other religious jobs, like that of Catholic priest, Muslim iman or Orthodox rabbi, there is no change on the horizon. Neither is the Bullingdon Club likely to change its antiquated membership policy.

But other jobs traditionally denied to women are opening up, including parts of the army which were once thought too dangerous and unsuitable.

Here's a round-up:

Jobs For The Boys - Women Banned From Professions
Catholic Priests(01 of09)
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Other Christian denominations, to justify ordaining women, have redefined what it means to be in the priesthood. Not the Catholic Church, who are unlikely any time in the next few decades to make such a doctrinal change. Many argue that the Catholic Church could not remain the Catholic Church if it was to redefine itself in such terms. (credit:Digital Vision. via Getty Images)
Imans(02 of09)
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In some circles, women are allowed to lead prayers, especially if the congregation consists of family members. There are several women theologians in the Koran. The holy book does not directly address this issue, but several hadiths are interpreting as banning women from being imans. There are no female imans in the UK. (credit:Juanmonino via Getty Images)
Army combat roles(03 of09)
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This could change soon, after a review due to take place in 2018 was brought forward. Currently women can serve on the front line, but cannot be in roles where the aim is to"close with and kill the enemy". (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Tank driver(04 of09)
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Women are still not allowed to drive tanks in the British army (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
Chief Rabbi(05 of09)
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The chief rabbi is head of modern Orthodox Jews, who make up around 70% of Jews in Britain. They do not have any female rabbis, though Liberal and Reform congregations do. The United Synagogue, the key body for Orthodox Jews in Britain has recently changed the rules to allow women to serve as chairperson of a synagogue, the top lay leadership role. (credit:Studio-Annika via Getty Images)
Be a member of the Bullingdon Club(06 of09)
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The infamous Oxford University drinking club, which counts David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson as former members, doesn't allow women. (credit:PETER MACDIARMID via Getty Images)
Be a member of the Travellers Club(07 of09)
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The club, whose patron is Prince Philip, voted by 60% to 40% in April 2014 to deny women membership. Women are welcome as guests in the Pall Mall club – but cannot go in the smoking room and the cocktail bar. (credit:Google)
But women can join the Augusta Club (just)(08 of09)
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The golf club's membership policies have drawn criticism, particularly its refusal to admit black members until 1990, a former policy requiring all caddies to be black and its refusal to allow women to join. In August 2012, it admitted its first two female members, one of them was former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. (credit:Ezra Shaw via Getty Images)
And women can be submariners (just)(09 of09)
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In May 2014, three women became submariners for the first time in the navy's 110-year history. A ban on women submariners based on health fears was lifted in 2011. The Royal Navy first allowed women to go to sea in 1990. (credit:PA)
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