women

65 subentries

women. See also mortals; sexes, the; wives
among Adam and Eve’s administrators (74:3.5)
among early Christians
admitted into full fellowship of early church (98:6.4)
Andrew’s strict rules upon apostles’ work with (150:2.2)
apostles believed w. inferior (143:5.11)
Paul did not consider w. equals (84:5.6) (150:1.3)
among Jews
against custom
for man to salute woman in public (149:2.8)
for w. to approach strange men (143:5.2) (190:0.5)
for w. to sit at public banquet (172:1.2)
for w. to sit in main area of temple (125:0.4)
exempt from temple head tax (173:1.3)
not required to attend Passover in Jerusalem (125:0.2)
were property in Old Testament (82:4.3) (84:3.2)
words of law better burned than delivered to (149:2.8)
among primitives
abortion common after taboo on childbirth among unmarried (68:6.9)
aged very early (83:5.13)
ate children to renew strength lost in childbearing (89:5.4)
before herding era, mothers nursed until 4 to 5 (84:3.9)
committed suicide on husbands’ graves (87:2.7)
daughters desired because they were salable (84:7.14)
degradation of w. a reason for Roman decline (195:3.9)
earliest traders (69:3.11) (69:4.2)
early warriors prohibited from associating with (70:1.20)
exempted from war (70:1.20)
formed secret societies (70:7.13)
girl babies often killed before era of wife purchase (68:6.8)
legends of Eve and Pandora (84:4.4)
maintained settled residence to cultivate soil (68:2.6)
man’s first trading was exchange of (69:5.10)
more restrictive taboos on w. than men (82:2.5) (82:4.4)
primitive men could kill wives if paid for (70:10.11)
provided vegetable edibles in prepastoral society (68:5.8)
scarcely more than human animals in pastoral age (68:5.8) (69:7.5) (69:8.1)
selected as shamans because of tending home fires (69:6.5)
some tribes had female rulers (70:5.4)
stealing w. always caused war (70:1.9)
taboos have kept w. strictly in own fields (69:3.3)
unmarried w. were property of chief or men of tribe (69:9.7) (83:5.1)
valued as food providers, burden bearers, means of sex gratification (68:2.7) (69:4.2) (84:3.7)
were property, slaves, partners, or playthings (69:8.1) (84:4.3,10)
equality with men
increased rights (83:8.8-9) (84:5.4,10-12)
Islam teaches inferiority of w. (82:4.3) (95:7.6)
Jesus taught equality (125:0.4) (125:5.4) (127:1.5) (138:8.11) (149:2.8-9) (150:1.3) (167:5.4) (167:6.4) (194:3.14)
men have no rightful authority over w. not voluntarily given (133:2.2)
prove worthy of new accomplishments? (84:5.10)
science emancipated, not religion (84:5.7)
w.’s rights are not men’s rights (84:5.11-12)
men regarded w. with ignorant mistrust, fearful fascination (84:4.4)
nature of women
capitalized on men’s stronger sex urges (84:3.5) (84:4.2-3)
compelling mother love is handicapping emotion (84:1.7) (84:3.3) (84:5.13)
desire protection of marriage because of attachment to offspring (69:3.2) (84:1.2) (84:5.1,13) (84:7.2)
did not function in emergency (84:3.3)
loose methods of labor (84:3.10)
moral standard-bearers and spiritual leaders (84:6.4)
more intuitive than men; somewhat less logical (84:6.4)
shrewd managers of men (84:4.2-3)
tendency to look upon immediate results (75:2.4)
rule men on some planets (52:2.7)
specialization of labor based on sex (69:3.2-3) (69:4.2)
where woman is is always regarded as home (68:2.6)

Cross-references

See also mortals
See also sexes, the
See also wives

Cited alongside

Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.