Of women are we born, of women conceived To woman betrothed and wedded; Women we befriend, by her continues the human race; When woman dies, woman is sought, for it is she who maintains world order; Why revile her of whom are born the great? Of woman is born another woman; none exists without her; The Eternal God, says Nanak, is the only One not born of her.

(The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji)