Sun Myung Moon
April 22, 1984
World Scripture II and the Teachings of Sun Myung Moon page 1011
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How are you going to assure equal rights? By force? External laws? Emotional persuasion? It is through love. It is through love that women can be equal to men. Through love, a mother can be equal to her son, even though he may be the president of a nation. Where there is love, everything can be equal. In this sense, we have to understand that the central core of equality lies in men and women who hope for a peaceful family centered on true love.
A husband wants to return to his wife's bosom and a wife wants to return to her husband's bosom and become one. There, nothing is high or low. They are indeed experiencing equality. Can there be equality in any other place? Equal rights for men and women exist only in a peaceful family (129:51-52, October 1, 1983)
Equality is born from the concept of "we." It does not exist when "I" am the center. The center must be "we." You must understand this. Equality arises from "we"-centeredness, in the love among "we." It cannot arise from self-centeredness.
Unfortunately, most feminists have an "I"-centered concept, and most men who believe in traditional male superiority think the same way. They are both wrong; the correct viewpoint is to advocate human rights for all people. To seek equality by putting women first does not make sense. The only sensible way to seek equality is to uphold the rights of everyone, centered on love.
I don't favor either the feminist movement or the tradition of male superiority. Men should live for the sake of women, and women should live for the sake of men. (131:109, April 22, 1984)