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In modern times, in some religious and legal views, both men and women became equally bound by the prohibition against adultery.

In modern times, in some religious and legal views, both men and women became equally bound by the prohibition against adultery.

Thomas Boslooper regarded Jesus as elevating the status of women when he confronted the townspeople over their plan to kill the [[woman caught in adultery]]. He suggested that whoever was without sin might cast the first stone; then he bent down and wrote something in the sand. The Bible does not record what he wrote, but some scholars have speculated that it may have identified the sins of men in the crowed. In any case, the crowd dispersed, and Jesus told the woman to "Go and sin no more."

Pro-feminist author Thomas Boslooper regarded Jesus as elevating the status of women when, as commonly supposed, he confronted the townspeople over their plan to kill the [[woman caught in adultery]]. Some scholars regard the story as a fabrication.