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84:5.4 But man did not consciously nor [[intentionally]] seize woman's [[rights]] and then [[gradually]] and grudgingly give them back to her; all this was an [[unconscious]] and unplanned [[episode]] of [[social]] [[evolution]]. When the time really came for woman to enjoy added [[rights]], she got them, and all quite regardless of man's [[conscious]] [[attitude]]. Slowly but surely the [[mores]] [[change]] so as to provide for those [[social]] [[adjustments]] which are a part of the [[persistent]] [[evolution]] of [[civilization]]. The advancing [[mores]] slowly provided increasingly better treatment for [[females]]; those [[tribes]] which [[persisted]] in cruelty to them did not [[survive]].

84:5.4 But man did not consciously nor [[intentionally]] seize woman's [[rights]] and then [[gradually]] and grudgingly give them back to her; all this was an [[unconscious]] and unplanned [[episode]] of [[social]] [[evolution]]. When the time really came for woman to enjoy added [[rights]], she got them, and all quite regardless of man's [[conscious]] [[attitude]]. Slowly but surely the [[mores]] [[change]] so as to provide for those [[social]] [[adjustments]] which are a part of the [[persistent]] [[evolution]] of [[civilization]]. The advancing [[mores]] slowly provided increasingly better treatment for [[females]]; those [[tribes]] which [[persisted]] in cruelty to them did not [[survive]].

84:5.5 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites] and [[Nodites]] accorded [[women]] increased recognition, and those groups which were [[influenced]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:5._THE_ANDITE_MIGRATIONS migrating Andites] have tended to be influenced by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] regarding [[women]]'s place in [[society]].

84:5.5 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites] and [[Nodites]] accorded [[women]] increased recognition, and those groups which were [[influenced]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:5._THE_ANDITE_MIGRATIONS migrating Andites] have tended to be influenced by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] regarding [[women]]'s place in [[society]].

84:5.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_china#Ancient_era early Chinese] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece Greeks] treated [[women]] better than did most [[surrounding]] peoples. But the [[Hebrews]] were exceedingly distrustful of them. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] woman has had a [[difficult]] climb under the [[Paul, the Apostle|Pauline]] [[doctrines]] which became attached to [[Christianity]], although Christianity did advance the [[mores]] by imposing more stringent [[sex]] [[obligations]] upon man. Woman's estate is little short of hopeless under the peculiar degradation which attaches to her in [[Islam|Mohammedanism]], and she fares even worse under the teachings of several other [[Orient|Oriental]] [[religions]].

84:5.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_china#Ancient_era early Chinese] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece Greeks] treated [[women]] better than did most [[surrounding]] peoples. But the [[Hebrews]] were exceedingly distrustful of them. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] woman has had a [[difficult]] climb under the [[Paul, the Apostle|Pauline]] [[doctrines]] which became attached to [[Christianity]], although Christianity did advance the [[mores]] by imposing more stringent [[sex]] [[obligations]] upon man. Woman's estate is little short of hopeless under the peculiar degradation which attaches to her in [[Islam|Mohammedanism]], and she fares even worse under the teachings of several other [[Orient|Oriental]] [[religions]].

84:5.7 [[Science]], not [[religion]], really [[emancipated]] woman; it was the [[modern]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialism factory] which largely set her free from the confines of the [[home]]. Man's [[physical]] [[abilities]] became no longer a vital [[essential]] in the new [[maintenance]] [[mechanism]]; [[science]] so changed the conditions of living that man power was no longer so superior to woman power.

84:5.7 [[Science]], not [[religion]], really [[emancipated]] woman; it was the [[modern]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialism factory] which largely set her free from the confines of the [[home]]. Man's [[physical]] [[abilities]] became no longer a vital [[essential]] in the new [[maintenance]] [[mechanism]]; [[science]] so changed the conditions of living that man power was no longer so superior to woman power.

84:5.8 These [[changes]] have tended toward [[woman]]'s [[liberation]] from [[domestic]] [[slavery]] and have brought about such a [[modification]] of her [[status]] that she now enjoys a [[degree]] of [[personal]] [[liberty]] and [[sex]] determination that practically [[equals]] man's. Once a woman's [[value]] consisted in her [[food]]-producing [[ability]], but [[invention]] and [[wealth]] have enabled her to [[create]] a new world in which to [[function]]—[[spheres]] of [[grace]] and [[charm]]. Thus has [[industry]] won its [[unconscious]] and unintended fight for woman's [[social]] and [[economic]] [[emancipation]]. And again has [[evolution]] succeeded in doing what even [[revelation]] failed to accomplish.

84:5.8 These [[changes]] have tended toward [[woman]]'s [[liberation]] from [[domestic]] [[slavery]] and have brought about such a [[modification]] of her [[status]] that she now enjoys a [[degree]] of [[personal]] [[liberty]] and [[sex]] determination that practically [[equals]] man's. Once a woman's [[value]] consisted in her [[food]]-producing [[ability]], but [[invention]] and [[wealth]] have enabled her to [[create]] a new world in which to [[function]]—[[spheres]] of [[grace]] and [[charm]]. Thus has [[industry]] won its [[unconscious]] and unintended fight for woman's [[social]] and [[economic]] [[emancipation]]. And again has [[evolution]] succeeded in doing what even [[revelation]] failed to accomplish.

84:5.9 The [[reaction]] of [[enlightened]] peoples from the inequitable [[mores]] governing woman's place in [[society]] has indeed been [[pendulum]]like in its extremeness. Among industrialized races she has received almost all [[rights]] and enjoys exemption from many [[obligations]], such as [[military]] [[service]]. Every easement of the [[struggle]] for [[existence]] has redounded to the [[liberation]] of [[woman]], and she has directly benefited from every advance toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamy]. The weaker always makes disproportionate gains in every [[adjustment]] of the [[mores]] in the [[progressive]] [[evolution]] of [[society]].

84:5.9 The [[reaction]] of [[enlightened]] peoples from the inequitable [[mores]] governing woman's place in [[society]] has indeed been [[pendulum]]like in its extremeness. Among industrialized races she has received almost all [[rights]] and enjoys exemption from many [[obligations]], such as [[military]] [[service]]. Every easement of the [[struggle]] for [[existence]] has redounded to the [[liberation]] of [[woman]], and she has directly benefited from every advance toward [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamy]. The weaker always makes disproportionate gains in every [[adjustment]] of the [[mores]] in the [[progressive]] [[evolution]] of [[society]].

84:5.10 In the [[ideals]] of pair [[marriage]], woman has finally won [[recognition]], [[dignity]], [[independence]], [[equality]], and [[education]]; but will she prove [[worthy]] of all this new and unprecedented accomplishment? Will [[modern]] woman [[respond]] to this great [[achievement]] of [[social]] [[liberation]] with idleness, indifference, barrenness, and infidelity? Today, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century], woman is undergoing the crucial test of her long world [[existence]]!

84:5.10 In the [[ideals]] of pair [[marriage]], woman has finally won [[recognition]], [[dignity]], [[independence]], [[equality]], and [[education]]; but will she prove [[worthy]] of all this new and unprecedented accomplishment? Will [[modern]] woman [[respond]] to this great [[achievement]] of [[social]] [[liberation]] with idleness, indifference, barrenness, and infidelity? Today, in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century], woman is undergoing the crucial test of her long world [[existence]]!

84:5.11 Woman is man's [[equal]] [[partner]] in [[race]] [[reproduction]], hence just as important in the unfolding of racial [[evolution]]; therefore has evolution increasingly worked toward the [[realization]] of [[women]]'s [[rights]]. But women's rights are by no means [[men]]'s [[rights]]. Woman cannot thrive on man's rights any more than man can prosper on woman's rights.

84:5.11 Woman is man's [[equal]] [[partner]] in [[race]] [[reproduction]], hence just as important in the unfolding of racial [[evolution]]; therefore has evolution increasingly worked toward the [[realization]] of [[women]]'s [[rights]]. But women's rights are by no means [[men]]'s [[rights]]. Woman cannot thrive on man's rights any more than man can prosper on woman's rights.

84:5.14 Each sex will always have its own special [[sphere]], albeit they will ever and anon overlap. Only socially will [[men]] and [[women]] [[compete]] on [[equal]] terms.

84:5.14 Each sex will always have its own special [[sphere]], albeit they will ever and anon overlap. Only socially will [[men]] and [[women]] [[compete]] on [[equal]] terms.

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[[Category:Paper 84 - Marriage and Family Life]]

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