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21: In the world of humanity … the female sex is treated as though inferior, and… |
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In the world of humanity … 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. Why then should one
sex assert the inferiority of the other, withholding just rights and privileges
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as though God had given His authority for such a course of action? If women
received the same educational advantages as those of men, the result would
demonstrate the equality of capacity of both for scholarship.
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