I have heard rumors and anecdotes of J.F. Rutherford calling women "a hank of hair and a stack of bones" but I never thought it was documented. Well thanks to jwfacts I finally found the quote in print.
This J.F. Rutherford was a despicable, hateful character. He also made racial comments about Jews. Why didn't the board of directors counsel him or remove him for such hateful speech? Why didn't the female members just walk away or leave the convention and demand an apology? Answer is simple....It's a cult and cult leaders are above the law.
C.T. Russel also made demeaning comments about blacks and how it's a waste of time to minister to them. F.W. Franz also spoke about women being "cows in heat" and looking for sex.
Many don't realize that the WT has a history of racism and sexism. It's amazing how no one needs to lie or invent some story to discredit them. They do that by themselves with their own "spiritual food at the proper time."
Their false prophecies and protection of child molesters is greatly exposed on the internet but their history of racism and degrading women needs to be exposed as well.
Watchtower 1941 Sep 15 p.287
"Why, then, should a man who has the prospect before him of being of the great multitude now tie himself up to a stack of bones and a hank of hair?" (Applause)" This was a quote from J,F, Rutherford in a convention talk.
Vindication I (1931) pp.156-157
"The women make monkeys or dupes of men. The men have become effeminate, soft and easily influenced, and have lost their real manhood and sturdiness in the affairs of state and home. For instance, when men are sitting at a table and a woman approaches, all the men arise and pay her homage and thereby elevate her to a place above men. The men remove their hats upon entering an elevator, if a woman is present; and these things are said to be acts of respect and to show that a man is a gentleman. But it is subtle, and the real meaning is much different from that. It is a scheme of Satan to turn men away from God and from his announced rule of the proper position of man and woman. The Lord has declared that no effeminate man shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. (1 Cor. 6:9) This proves that the scheme or habit of paying homage to women is not of God, but from the great enemy of God. It is a veneer of being a proper thing, and therefore it is more subtle than otherwise."
Golden Age 1930 Apr 2 p.446
"Whether the identity of the sexes, as such, will be preserved, we do not know. There have been some well authenticated instances in which women have been transformed into men, and it is possible that this transformation may become general and we shall all be brothers together."