Woman, mother; celebrate life and your powers

The obvious biological differences between the sexes

need not to be a cause for inequality or disunity.

Rather, they are an aspect of complementarity.

If the role of women as mothers is properly valued,

their work in nurturing and educating children will be

respected and properly rewarded.

It should also be acknowledgend that the child-bearing

role does not diminish one's aptitude for leadership,

or undermine one's intellectual, scientific or creative

capacity. Indeed, it may be an enhancement.


The woman has greater moral courage than the man;

she has also special gifts which enable her to govern in

moments of danger and crisis.

(Baha'i writings)