> woman be more in need of the money? Were women getting paid substantially > less for work than men at the time this law was made? >
At the time the Aqdas was written, there were few women (especially in the Middle East) that worked outside the home. FYI, even with laws in place to prevent it, women TODAY are paid substantially less than men. Here are a couple of examples. Britain http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1511163.stm U.S. http://www.aflcio.org/yourjobeconomy/women/equalpay/FactSheetTimeForEqualPay.cfm ---------- 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)
