Man and woman are the two sides into which the ethical life of the family divides. How do they differ?

The man:

The man is the side that divides itself. He stands on his own. He thinks the universal and wills the objective purpose. Toward the outside he is active and powerful. So his actual life lies in the state, in science, in struggle and in labor with the world. He must first fight his way to unity with himself. In the family he finds calm and feeling for this.

The woman:

The woman is the side that stays in unity. She knows and wills the ethical in the form of feeling and of the single case. She is rather quiet and receptive. Her vocation lies in the family. Her ethical attitude is piety, a devout loyalty to the family.

And further:

Women can have a good education. But the higher sciences, philosophy and some kinds of art are not for them. The man is more like an animal. The woman is more like a plant that unfolds quietly. When women stand at the head of a state, the state is in danger. For they act on inclination and opinion, not on the universal.

Antigone:

In the tragedy “Antigone”, Sophocles presents piety as the law of woman. It is the old law of the gods of the underworld. Against it stands the open law of the state. This opposition is the highest ethical one, and so the highest tragic one.

Summary: The man has his essential life in the state, in science and in labor with the world. The woman has her vocation in the family and her ethical attitude in piety.