Facts aside, isn't your comment that "men are physically stronger (superior) to women" misogynistic? Did this thought come through from personal experience or from a scientific study? I'd be surprised if it was the latter. Equally, many people may deduce, again based on personal experience, that "men are mentally superior to women". Did you bring up the evidence which stated that women are mentally equal to men? If not, on what basis is your claim that an entire religious movement is misogynistic.

As for you leaving the religion, because of your perceived misogyny, I do understand that Ahmadis are not perfect. But you've got to recognize that many Pakistani Ahmadis do come from a country which does severely curtails women's rights. Many will be influenced by their culture, and difficult it may be for you to believe, it is not easy to change one's cultural mindset. On the positive side, Ahmadi women, as it should be the case with any Muslim women, have as much freedom and liberty as men, and that IS PROMOTED in the Jamaat.

Now the commentary: I concur with @LutfIslam that "men have superior faculties for the role of being a guardian. Whatever they are." The reason for potential confusion is because "mental strength" is a little ambiguous. Does it mean to persevere? Does it refer to intelligence? Even then, what kind of intelligence? We're forced to take the meaning in the context of what is being discussed, that is, all mental faculties that correspond to the quality of being a guardian.

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