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I Am a Feminist

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

"In this Revelation of Baha’u’llah, the women go neck and neck with the men. In no movement will they be left behind. Their rights with men are equal in degree. They will enter all the administrative branches of politics. They will attain in all such a degree as will be considered the very highest station of the world of humanity and will take part in all affairs. Rest ye assured. Do ye not look upon the present condition; in the not far distant future the world of women will become all-refulgent and all-glorious. For His Holiness Baha’u’llah Hath Willed It so!"

Abdu’l-Baha12

I Am a Feminist

I am a feminist because
I accept and support the hypothesis
of "the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes"3.

I am a feminist because
I attempt,
sometime successfully
and sometimes unsuccessfully,
to proclaim
the equality of men and women.

I am feminist
not because of my gender,
but because I believe
that women and men
are the wings
of the bird of civilization
and that
without two strong wings
the bird cannot fly.

Footnotes
1  Paris Talks, 1961 U.K. edition, pp. 182-184
2  Quoted in "It’s OK to Be a Feminist" by Alan and Lorraine Manifold http://bahaiblog.net/site/2018/02/its-ok-to-be-a-feminist/#footnote_0_24392
3  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminism