ClaimRace, women and healthverified1950sExplicit statement

Raça, mulheres e saúde · Claim record

A Sentinela afirmou em 1951, e novamente em 1952, que 'man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives', e em 1952 acrescentou que 'women who rebel at it are not so much rebelling against men as they are against God'. A passagem de 1952 é a resposta publicada a um leitor que perguntou se os homens deveriam tirar o chapéu para as mulheres; a resposta foi que não deveriam.

Claim ID claim-attitudes-1951-1952-not-created-equalConcerns 15 de abril de 1952Declaração explícita

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Declaração explícita · 15 de abril de 1952 Verificado

A Sentinela afirmou em 1951, e novamente em 1952, que 'man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives', e em 1952 acrescentou que 'women who rebel at it are not so much rebelling against men as they are against God'. A passagem de 1952 é a resposta publicada a um leitor que perguntou se os homens deveriam tirar o chapéu para as mulheres; a resposta foi que não deveriam. Source: The Watchtower, 15 de abril de 1952Source: The Watchtower, 1 de maio de 1951

A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: O artigo de 1951 que trouxe a frase pela primeira vez também afirmava que 'there is absolutely no warrant in Scripture for domestic dictatorship, bossism or domineering brutality on the part of a husband' e que 'women are not cows or pieces of property'. O ensino atual da organização é que Deus 'did not make men more intelligent or more talented than women'.

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The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

15 de abril de 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.

Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers

Nota de confiança. 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'.

Corroborado por. 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.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-wom-w-1952-0415-qfr-hat-tipping

Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

The Watchtower, “Making a Success of Marriage”

1 de maio de 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.’

Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, Making a Success of Marriage

Nota de confiança. 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'.

Corroborado por. 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.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-wom-w-1951-0501-making-success-marriage

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