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Equality of women and men

2018-02-18T16:32:09Z

Kimano: Added "Educational equality for men and women".

==Women as Breadwinners==
===In [[Lawh-i-Dunyá|Tablet of the World]] Women and Men Envisaged as Breadwinners===

"In the Tablet of the World, Bahá'u'lláh Himself has envisaged that women as well as men would be breadwinners in stating:

'Everyone, whether man or woman, should hand over to a trusted person a portion of what he or she earneth through trade, agriculture or other occupation, for the training and education of children, to be spent for this purpose with the knowledge of the Trustees of the House of Justice.'

:(''[[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh|Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas]]'', p. [[tb:90|90]], in ''[[Lights of Guidance]]'', no. [logn:752 752])

====See also====
* [[Voluntary funding for education]]

==Same curriculum enjoined for boys and girls==

"A very important element in the attainment of such equality is Bahá'u'lláh's provision that boys and girls must follow essentially the same curriculum in schools."

:(''[[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh|Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas]]'', p. [[tb:90|90]], in ''[[Lights of Guidance]]'', no. [logn:752 752])

==Emphasis on women is for encouragement, not to say that men will be completely surpassed==

"As to the question of women being chosen rather than men: In this cycle there were men who arose through a divine power and who shone forth as the sun from the dawning-point of holiness; and, likewise, there appeared certain women who became side by side with men. The expression which you quote, “Every woman who is directed to the guidance of God in this great age, will surpass men in every respect,” signified that, in this age, certain women will appear who will surpass some men. It does not mean that they will surpass all the men who have given their lives as sacrifices in this Cause; for in this wonderful cycle there appeared such men as his holiness Khudoos, his holiness Bab-el-Bab, his holiness the “King of Martyrs” and his holiness the “Beloved of Martyrs,” his holiness the great Vaheed1 , and such ones who have no equals in the world of existence.

"If, in the letters to the maid-servants of the Merciful, there hath been written in the sense of encouragement (that form which such meanings can be inferred), the purport is that some women in the wonderful age have surpassed some men, and not that all women have surpassed all men. The members of the House of Spirituality must give unlimited encouragement to women. In this age, both men and women are in the shadow of the Word of God. Whosoever endeavors the most will attain the greatest share, be it of men or of women, of the strong or of the weak.

"As to the matter of teaching and the choosing of men, the letters which I have written to the Spiritual Meeting (House of Spirituality) of which you are a member, will answer this question and will manifest the station of men who remain firm in the Covenant of God. Refer to them.

"As to the number of Tablets to women, this is due to the fact that most of the letters which come to the Holy Land are from women. Rarely do letters come from men and, naturally, to women the most are written. Men are enjoined more than women to give the Message of the Cause of God and to diffuse His fragrances.

"My dear friend! If thou didst know how dear thou art to Abdul-Baha, thou wouldst spread wings, and through excess of joy, soar and begin teaching all that country."

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', pp. [tab:335 335]-337)

==Suffragettes are fighting for what must be; one might not approve of more militant but will adjust itself; if given same advantages and education, the result will be the same (and women even superior in certain regards)==

"What is your attitude toward woman suffrage?" asked one of the reporters.

"The modern suffragette is fighting for what must be, and many of these are willing martyrs to imprisonment for their cause. One might not approve of the ways of some of the more militant suffragettes, but in the end it will adjust itself. If women were given the same advantages as men, their capacity being the same, the result would be the same. In fact, women have a superior disposition to men; they are more receptive, more sensitive, and their intuition is more intense. The only reason of their present backwardness in some directions is because they have not had the same educational advantages as men.

"All children should be educated, but if parents cannot educate both the boys and the girls, then it would be better to educate the girls, for they will be the mothers of the coming generation. This is a radical idea for the East, where I come from, but it is already taking effect there, for the Baha'i women of Persia are being educated along with the men.

"We have only to look about us in nature," Abdul-Baha continued, "to see the truth of this. Is it not a fact that the females of many species of animals are stronger and more powerful than the male? The chief cause of the mental and physical inequalities of the sexes is due to custom and training, which for ages past have molded woman into the ideal of the weaker vessel.

"The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over woman by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind. But the scales are already shifting—force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendency. Hence the new age will be an age less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals—or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more properly balanced."

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Star of the West]]'', vol. 3, issue 3, p. [[text:Star of the West/Volume 3/Issue 3/Text#pg4|4]])

== Educational equality for men and women ==
"When all mankind shall receive the same opportunity of education and the equality of men and women be realized, the foundations of war will be utterly destroyed."

([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], [[0:The Promulgation of Universal Peace|''The Promulgation of Universal Peace'']])

==Todos for this page==
* Add more representative quotations

==See also==
* [[Man]]
* [[Woman]]
* [[Segregation of the sexes]]

User:Kimano

2018-02-18T15:03:58Z

Kimano: Created my page for the first time.

Hello, my real name is Hasan and I'm a 14 year old guy hailing from Poland. I lived 8 years in Egypt and now since 2 years in Malta. I've been dragged by the Baha'i Faith once I read its article on [[0:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá'í_Faith|Wikipedia.org]] and it made me want to learn about the faith more. I've never practiced any religion much, although I believe in one God and identified as a Muslim and attended Islamic religion classes in Egypt for nearly 8 years.

== Photography ==
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Equality of women and men

2018-02-18T14:50:30Z

Kimano: /* Suffragettes are fighting for what must be; one might not approve of more militant but will adjust itself; if given same advantages and education, the result will be the same (and women even superior in certain regards) */

==Women as Breadwinners==
===In [[Lawh-i-Dunyá|Tablet of the World]] Women and Men Envisaged as Breadwinners===

"In the Tablet of the World, Bahá'u'lláh Himself has envisaged that women as well as men would be breadwinners in stating:

'Everyone, whether man or woman, should hand over to a trusted person a portion of what he or she earneth through trade, agriculture or other occupation, for the training and education of children, to be spent for this purpose with the knowledge of the Trustees of the House of Justice.'

:(''[[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh|Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas]]'', p. [[tb:90|90]], in ''[[Lights of Guidance]]'', no. [logn:752 752])

====See also====
* [[Voluntary funding for education]]

==Same curriculum enjoined for boys and girls==

"A very important element in the attainment of such equality is Bahá'u'lláh's provision that boys and girls must follow essentially the same curriculum in schools."

:(''[[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh|Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas]]'', p. [[tb:90|90]], in ''[[Lights of Guidance]]'', no. [logn:752 752])

==Emphasis on women is for encouragement, not to say that men will be completely surpassed==

"As to the question of women being chosen rather than men: In this cycle there were men who arose through a divine power and who shone forth as the sun from the dawning-point of holiness; and, likewise, there appeared certain women who became side by side with men. The expression which you quote, “Every woman who is directed to the guidance of God in this great age, will surpass men in every respect,” signified that, in this age, certain women will appear who will surpass some men. It does not mean that they will surpass all the men who have given their lives as sacrifices in this Cause; for in this wonderful cycle there appeared such men as his holiness Khudoos, his holiness Bab-el-Bab, his holiness the “King of Martyrs” and his holiness the “Beloved of Martyrs,” his holiness the great Vaheed1 , and such ones who have no equals in the world of existence.

"If, in the letters to the maid-servants of the Merciful, there hath been written in the sense of encouragement (that form which such meanings can be inferred), the purport is that some women in the wonderful age have surpassed some men, and not that all women have surpassed all men. The members of the House of Spirituality must give unlimited encouragement to women. In this age, both men and women are in the shadow of the Word of God. Whosoever endeavors the most will attain the greatest share, be it of men or of women, of the strong or of the weak.

"As to the matter of teaching and the choosing of men, the letters which I have written to the Spiritual Meeting (House of Spirituality) of which you are a member, will answer this question and will manifest the station of men who remain firm in the Covenant of God. Refer to them.

"As to the number of Tablets to women, this is due to the fact that most of the letters which come to the Holy Land are from women. Rarely do letters come from men and, naturally, to women the most are written. Men are enjoined more than women to give the Message of the Cause of God and to diffuse His fragrances.

"My dear friend! If thou didst know how dear thou art to Abdul-Baha, thou wouldst spread wings, and through excess of joy, soar and begin teaching all that country."

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', pp. [tab:335 335]-337)

==Suffragettes are fighting for what must be; one might not approve of more militant but will adjust itself; if given same advantages and education, the result will be the same (and women even superior in certain regards)==

"What is your attitude toward woman suffrage?" asked one of the reporters.

"The modern suffragette is fighting for what must be, and many of these are willing martyrs to imprisonment for their cause. One might not approve of the ways of some of the more militant suffragettes, but in the end it will adjust itself. If women were given the same advantages as men, their capacity being the same, the result would be the same. In fact, women have a superior disposition to men; they are more receptive, more sensitive, and their intuition is more intense. The only reason of their present backwardness in some directions is because they have not had the same educational advantages as men.

"All children should be educated, but if parents cannot educate both the boys and the girls, then it would be better to educate the girls, for they will be the mothers of the coming generation. This is a radical idea for the East, where I come from, but it is already taking effect there, for the Baha'i women of Persia are being educated along with the men.

"We have only to look about us in nature," Abdul-Baha continued, "to see the truth of this. Is it not a fact that the females of many species of animals are stronger and more powerful than the male? The chief cause of the mental and physical inequalities of the sexes is due to custom and training, which for ages past have molded woman into the ideal of the weaker vessel.

"The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over woman by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind. But the scales are already shifting—force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendency. Hence the new age will be an age less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals—or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more properly balanced."

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Star of the West]]'', vol. 3, issue 3, p. [[text:Star of the West/Volume 3/Issue 3/Text#pg4|4]])

==Todos for this page==
* Add more representative quotations

==See also==
* [[Man]]
* [[Woman]]
* [[Segregation of the sexes]]