Maggie Chamberlain, Chapter 6, Question 6

Although this was only mentioned briefly, I found the statement about societies that deny women education very interesting. I always just thought, "Of course we should let all women be educated. It's only fair and school is important." However, I never realized the economic implications of educating women. If you deny the rights of women to become educated, then you are essentially hurting your economy because you are shooting down productivity. If you allowed those women education, you would have many many more potentially productive individuals who are educated and could very well find a cure for cancer or develop a new technological miracle for society. Not educating women is an senseless waste of human capital that will only hurt the economy.