Dear Owen, I'm not suggesting that women can't get justice within the Baha'i system because men are at the top. I am suggesting that having men only at the top does have an important symbolic significance that can be disempowering to women in other respects. I don't find the assertion that service is more important than power in the Baha'i Faith terribly comforting especially if it means that men continue to hold more of the power and women perform more of the service.
Having said that, let me reiterate that given the authoritative interpretations of our texts, I don't think the Universal House of Justice has any option but to take the position they have taken. warmest, Susan ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
