ClaimRace, women and healthverified1950sExplicit statement

Rasse, Frauen und Gesundheit · Claim record

Der Wachtturm erklärte 1951 und erneut 1952, 'man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives', und fügte 1952 hinzu, 'women who rebel at it are not so much rebelling against men as they are against God'. Die Passage von 1952 ist die veröffentlichte Antwort an einen Leser, der gefragt hatte, ob Männer vor Frauen den Hut ziehen sollten; die Antwort lautete, sie sollten es nicht tun.

Claim ID claim-attitudes-1951-1952-not-created-equalConcerns 15. April 1952Ausdrückliche Aussage

Die Aussage und ihre Belege

Ausdrückliche Aussage · 15. April 1952 Geprüft

Der Wachtturm erklärte 1951 und erneut 1952, 'man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives', und fügte 1952 hinzu, 'women who rebel at it are not so much rebelling against men as they are against God'. Die Passage von 1952 ist die veröffentlichte Antwort an einen Leser, der gefragt hatte, ob Männer vor Frauen den Hut ziehen sollten; die Antwort lautete, sie sollten es nicht tun. Source: The Watchtower, 15. April 1952Source: The Watchtower, 1. Mai 1951

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Der Artikel von 1951, in dem der Satz zuerst stand, erklärte auch, 'there is absolutely no warrant in Scripture for domestic dictatorship, bossism or domineering brutality on the part of a husband', und 'women are not cows or pieces of property'. Die heutige Lehre der Organisation lautet, dass Gott 'did not make men more intelligent or more talented than women'.

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

15. April 1952 · pp.254-256 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives. As Jehovah is the head over his wifely organization, and as Christ is the head over his espoused church, so the man is the head over the woman. It is the woman that is commanded to show respect and recognition of the man's position of headship, and women who rebel at it are not so much rebelling against men as they are against God.”

The passage is the organisation's published answer to a reader's question, 'Is it proper for men to tip their hats to women?' The answer traces the custom to chivalry, says that Satan 'has pushed the woman ahead of the man', and concludes that a man should not raise his hat to a woman.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. The full column was fetched from the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and read; the quoted paragraph falls immediately after the library's page marker for page 254. The citation code inside the document reads 'w52 4/15 pp. 254-256'.

Untermauert durch. src-wom-w-1951-0501-making-success-marriage

Notes. The version of this passage that circulates on secondary sites carries two transcription errors: it reads 'his wifey organization' for 'his wifely organization' and 'so the man I the head over the woman' for 'so the man is the head over the woman'. The wording above is taken from the organisation's own library text. This is a Questions From Readers ruling, which in this period carried the weight of a direction to congregations.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-wom-w-1952-0415-qfr-hat-tipping

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

The Watchtower, “Making a Success of Marriage”

1. Mai 1951 · pp.276-279 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives.”

The sentence opens a section headed ‘WIVES IN SUBJECTION TO HUSBANDS’, which applies 1 Timothy 2:11, 12 and 1 Corinthians 14:33-35 and says that women ‘should not openly dispute, debate or wrangle over a matter and thus challenge and disgrace the man’s position of headship’. The same article rejects the opposite extreme in equally plain terms on p. 278: ‘There is absolutely no warrant in Scripture for domestic dictatorship, bossism or domineering brutality on the part of a husband.’ It adds: ‘Women are not cows or pieces of property that become exclusive possessions of husbands to do with them whatsoever they please.’

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, Making a Success of Marriage

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. The full article was fetched from the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and read. The page was taken from the library's own page markers: the section heading and the quoted sentence fall between the markers for pages 277 and 278, so the sentence is on p. 277. The article's citation code inside the document reads 'w51 5/1 pp. 276-279'.

Untermauert durch. src-wom-w-1952-0415-qfr-hat-tipping

Notes. This is the earlier of the two places where the 'not created equal in power and glory' sentence appears; the better-known 1952 version is a separate article.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-wom-w-1951-0501-making-success-marriage

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