Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 218
! ! 218 work at home, for it is impossible for large numbers of women to participate in bus iness like men. That is unless it is decided that women will not marry or have children. Thus, when European women advance so far in education, and continue to work a t home , it illustrates that the primary objective of women’s education is the training of children and running the house. This does not mean that sewing clothes and dressing children is their only duty. Rather , educat ing their children is also their responsibility. W omen are also responsible for the ir children’s religious education. So too are they responsible for their household duties which include keeping financial accounts, taking care of their he alth, being knowledgeable of their nutrition, enforcing punctuality, and understanding the health effects of sleep ing , staying awake, light and darkness, and so on. A woman must supervise these matters at a time when the child is of an age where the impression upon the child will never fade , even if a lifetime of effort is exerted to do so. However, so far, our women are completely unaware of such matters. The Need f or Educated Women The first requirement is to produce educated women, and this can only be done when we have female teachers. Men can only teach girls to a certain level, but not for long. N aturally when a girl becomes a young woman, it is necessary to develop a level of modesty in accordance with culture and tradition. This is not considered necessary in Europe , but we cannot ignore modesty. Now on the one hand a girl must develop modesty but if at the same time she is taught by a male teacher her emotions and feelings will be suppressed , because she will be unable to ex press her ambition s and feelings according to her age in front of the male teacher in the same way as she w ould be able to do so in front of a female teacher. W e need such teachers for these girls who will work seriously and diligently when needed but will also be able to laugh, participate in play and games, and c ultivate in them a cheerful disposition. Men cannot nurture these attributes in them. M en will either cultivate such characteristics that we do not wish to cultivate