...that certain functions are made to be carried forward by men and certain functions by women, and I used the example of giving birth because that's just such a visible, such a distinctive characteristic. And I believe the House of Justice is the same way. Because if we go deep into the Writings—which I haven't been able to do yet, but you know, we can try to do that—we understand the House of Justice will not always be the way that it is now. One day, the House of Justice will be the ruling administrative body for the entire humanity. That's why it is the Universal, not the International or the National House of Justice. It is the Universal House of Justice.
And at that point, we don't know what sort of decisions they will have to make. They may have to wage war against an opposing country or against an aggressor—against someone, you know, a nation or people who arise against another nation and people. And as we read from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, He doesn't wish for women to acquire those qualities. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá doesn't wish for women to have to give orders to wage war, even against aggressors, because our functions are different. Our function is to be nurturing. We need to have the world—we’ll need to have mothers—forever and ever and ever...
-Baha'i scholar Gloria Yazdani
https://youtu.be/rKh61Nv1ZyM?si=5pMjO3HEPFajTSV-&t=288
And at that point, we don't know what sort of decisions they will have to make. They may have to wage war against an opposing country or against an aggressor—against someone, you know, a nation or people who arise against another nation and people. And as we read from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, He doesn't wish for women to acquire those qualities. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá doesn't wish for women to have to give orders to wage war, even against aggressors, because our functions are different. Our function is to be nurturing. We need to have the world—we’ll need to have mothers—forever and ever and ever...
-Baha'i scholar Gloria Yazdani
https://youtu.be/rKh61Nv1ZyM?si=5pMjO3HEPFajTSV-&t=288