October 27. On this date in 1986, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to an individual believer who raised "two basic issues, that all the Manifestations of God known to us have been men, and that they have appeared in the East" and expressed a "desire to assist [his] daughters to overcome their perceptions of the unequal status of women." The Universal House of Justice states that "it is an incontrovertible fact that all Manifestations of God known to us have been men. Moreover, it is a clear provision in Bahá’í administration that the Guardians were to be men and that membership on the Universal House of Justice is confined to men."

October 27. On this date in 1986, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to an individual believer who raised "two basic issues, that all the Manifestations of God known to us have been men, and that they have appeared in the East" and expressed a "desire to assist [his] daughters to overcome their perceptions of the unequal status of women." The Universal House of Justice states that "it is an incontrovertible fact that all Manifestations of God known to us have been men. Moreover, it is a clear provision in Bahá’í administration that the Guardians were to be men and that membership on the Universal House of Justice is confined to men."