Genesis 1:27
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 1Meaning
Human dignity is grounded in creation in God's image, and the text explicitly applies that identity to male and female alike.
Read carefully
The verse should not be used to erase the concrete distinction it names, nor to rank male and female in image-bearing dignity. Both are included in the same divine act.
Reflection
If every human being shares an image-bearing dignity, contempt, exploitation, and dehumanization contradict the status Genesis places at the beginning of human identity.