Comments on: Why Are Women More Depressed? http://www.laitman.com/2008/07/why-are-women-more-depressed/ Kabbalah and the Meaning of Life - Michael Laitman's Personal Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lucinda D. http://www.laitman.com/2008/07/why-are-women-more-depressed/comment-page-1/#comment-6500 Lucinda D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:45:25 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=852#comment-6500 It says in the Torah, chapter Beresheet, 3:16, “And the Creator told the woman, ‘I will greatly increase your grief during pregnancy, you will give birth in grief, and your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.’” My question is what is the lesson women are expected to learn from this? I understand that this was punishment, but why such suffering? I suppose I don't understand the why of such suffering for the punishment bestowed upon women and what exactly one is to learn. It says in the Torah, chapter Beresheet, 3:16, “And the Creator told the woman, ‘I will greatly increase your grief during pregnancy, you will give birth in grief, and your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.’”

My question is what is the lesson women are expected to learn from this? I understand that this was punishment, but why such suffering? I suppose I don’t understand the why of such suffering for the punishment bestowed upon women and what exactly one is to learn.

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