The Baha'i Studies Listserv > " Why should >> women have the right to be the first educators of their children and not >> men? > Men can be. In practice women generally are." > If Abdul'Baha says it is then it is.
Again, I think you need to distinguish between Abdu'l-Baha is being descriptive of what was in His time and place and when He is being prescriptive and telling us what ought to be. If we are in fact not saying > anything different about the roles of women and men than Christians > and Muslims then we can't really say we are making any progress when > it comes to equality." > > That is not true. I am implying that womens and mens roles will never be the > same because men and women are NOT the same. Then explain to me where the progress is. > I feel you are being predjudice in this issue. Are you saying men and women > should all have the same roles? I'm saying the differences in roles as very exceedingly limited and I don't think women's exclusion from the House has anything to do with intrinsic differences. I think it has to do with what we are ready for at this point. Women couldn't serve on *any* administrative bodies of the Faith in Iran until 1954. The reason women won't be able to serve on the House during this dispensation is because we no longer have anyone (i.e. a Guardian) with the authority to say they can. > Can a man bear a child in his womb or nurse the child? No. THis inequlaty > exists. A difference exists not an inequality. > We both know women will achieve outward equality with men through education > and have all the equal opportunities in this world as men. That is all that > is meant by equality, they will no-longer be denied these things although > inwardly they were always equal. Yet if we keep telling women they are not suited for these opportunities then they are unlikely to take them. Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-537198-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
