The roles of women and men in the medieval church were much more formal. Women were underestimated, disrespected and clearly denied roles of authority. In the Christian church many women chose to dedicate themselves to God for one reason or another, but many nuns were forced to join a monastery at a young age by their families, who wished to do good for the church and obtain a good position . name. Most women who join a monastery join to receive an education because that was the only role considered important enough for a woman to receive an education. Islamic women were allowed more freedom than the average Christian woman, but they were still not allowed to exercise any dominance over the males in the church, if an Islamic wife misbehaved, her husband could inflict a variety of punishments, including beatings, fortunately the men. they could not do so unless his wife was insubordinate towards them. In both religions women were not allowed to read any kind of literature or have any religious influence