La Tour de Garde a déclaré en 1951, puis de nouveau en 1952, que 'man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives', et elle a ajouté en 1952 que 'women who rebel at it are not so much rebelling against men as they are against God'. Le passage de 1952 est la réponse publiée à un lecteur qui demandait si les hommes devaient soulever leur chapeau devant les femmes ; la réponse était qu'ils ne devaient pas le faire.

Claim ID claim-attitudes-1951-1952-not-created-equalConcerns 15 avril 1952Déclaration explicite

Déclaration explicite · 15 avril 1952 Vérifié

La Tour de Garde a déclaré en 1951, puis de nouveau en 1952, que 'man and woman were not created equal in power and glory; the man came first and was given special prerogatives', et elle a ajouté en 1952 que 'women who rebel at it are not so much rebelling against men as they are against God'. Le passage de 1952 est la réponse publiée à un lecteur qui demandait si les hommes devaient soulever leur chapeau devant les femmes ; la réponse était qu'ils ne devaient pas le faire. Source: The Watchtower, 15 avril 1952 Source: The Watchtower, 1 mai 1951

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : L'article de 1951 où cette phrase est apparue pour la première fois déclarait aussi : 'there is absolutely no warrant in Scripture for domestic dictatorship, bossism or domineering brutality on the part of a husband', et : 'women are not cows or pieces of property'. L'enseignement actuel de l'organisation est que Dieu 'did not make men more intelligent or more talented than women'.

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

15 avril 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.

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Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. 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'.

Corroboré par. 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.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-wom-w-1952-0415-qfr-hat-tipping

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

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.’

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Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. 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'.

Corroboré par. 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.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-wom-w-1951-0501-making-success-marriage

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L’affirmation et ses preuves

The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

The Watchtower, “Making a Success of Marriage”