Note
Equality
Between Men and Women
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If
you cut off the feathers from one of the wings of a pigeon, it will
unable to fly no matter how strong its other wing may be, because a bird
needs two wings in order to fly.
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Abdu'l-Baha
says:
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"
Humanity is like a bird with its two wings
- the one is man , the other woman . Unless both wings are strong and impelled
by some common force, the bird can not fly heavenward.
"
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Again
he says:
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"
God
has created all creatures in couples. Man beast, or vegetable, all the
things of these three kingdom are of two sexes, and there is absolute equality
between them. In the
vegetable
world there are male plants and female plants; they have equal rights,
and
possess an equal share of the beauty of their species; though indeed the
tree
that bears fruit might be said to be superior to that which is unfruitful.
In
the animal kingdom we see that the male
and the female have
equal
rights; and that they each share the advantages of their kind.
Now
in the two lower kingdoms of nature we have seen that there
is
no question of the superiority of one sex over the other. In the
world
of humanity we find a great difference , the female sex is
treated
as though inferior, and is not allowed equal rights and
privileges.
This condition is due not to nature. but to education.
In
the Divine Creation there is no such distinction. Neither sex is
superior
to the other in the sight of God.... "
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God
has created us all as human beings, and it makes no difference to Him whether
we are men or women. To a loving parent sons and daughters are equally
dear.
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