Bibliography: BIB16960

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB16960
reference type	Journal Article
title	The Equality of Women : The Bahá'í Principle of Complementarity
journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
author	Hatcher, John S.
authority control	John S. Hatcher
year	1990
date	1990
issue	3
volume	2
abstract	The Baha'i teachings simultaneously assert the equality of men and women while advocating in some cases distinct duties according to gender. Since the Baha'i Faith also teaches that religious convictions should be examined by the "standards of science", this ostensible paradox invites careful study. At the heart of the response to this query is the Universal House of Justice statement that "equality between men and women does not, indeed physiologically it cannot, mean identity of functions." To appreciate and accept this thesis that there can be gender distinction, even insofar as the assignment of fundamental tasks is concerned, without any attendant diminution in the role of women, we must turn to statements in the Baha'i writings about the complementary relationship between the sexes. We can then discover how there can indeed be gender distinction without inequality in status or function.
language	English
keywords	WOMEN; COMPLEMENTARITY; SEXUAL EQUALITY
pages	55–66