You are quite right in stating that men and women have basic
and distinct qualities. The solution provided in the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh
is not, as you correctly observe, for men to become women, and for women to
become men. 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave us the key to the problem when He taught that the
qualities and functions of men and women "complement" each other. He
further elucidated this point when He said that the "new age" will be
"an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will
be more properly balanced."
(From a letter dated 22 April 1981 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations,
vol. II, Women)
