The latest article from the Baha'i site at BellaOnline.com is a companion piece to a couple of recent articles:

The Equality of Women and Men
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33176.asp

and

What Men Gain from Women's Equality
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art27873.asp

This article: The Importance of Fatherhood, answers some questions from a reader who felt that I was over emphasizing half of the human family, and wanted me to set the record straight. So here it is:

The Bahá'í Faith teaches that fathers are not just the financial support or family figureheads, but the equal partners of their wives in the rearing of children and the ordering of family life.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art55406.asp

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