There are old rabbinical sayings that said, 'Let the words of Law be burned rather than delivered to women' and 'blessed is he whose children are male, but woe to him whose children are female.' Women's testimony was regarded as so worthless that they weren't even allowed to serve as legal witnesses in a Jewish court of Law.
Kuna medhali za kirabi ambayo inasema, 'Heri maneno ya Sheria yachomwe kwa moto badala ya kutolewa kwa wanawake ' na ' heri ni mtu yule ambaye watoto wake ni wa kiume, lakini ole wake mtu ambaye watoto wake ni kike.' Ushahidi wa wanawake alichukuliwa kuwa sio wa maan kiwango kwamba hawakuruhusiwa kutumika kama mashahidi wa kisheria katika mahakama ya Sheria ya Wayahudi.