Both critics of Crowley and adherents of Thelema have accused Crowley of sexism. Booth described Crowley as exhibiting a "general misogyny", something the biographer believed arose from Crowley's bad relationship with his mother. Sutin noted that Crowley "largely accepted the notion, implicitly embodied in Victorian sexology, of women as secondary social beings in terms of intellect and sensibility". The scholar of religion Manon Hedenborg White noted that some of Crowley's statements are "undoubtedly misogynist by contemporary standards", but characterized Crowley's attitude toward women as complex and multi-faceted. Crowley's comments on women's role varied dramatically within his written work, even that produced in similar periods. Crowley described women as "moral inferiors" who had to be treated with "firmness, kindness and justice", while also arguing that Thelema was essential to women's emancipation.
Both critics of Crowley and adherents of Thelema have accused Crowley of sexism Booth described Crowley as exhibiting a "general misogyny" something the biographer believed arose from Crowley's bad relationship with his mother Sutin noted that Crowley "largely accepted the notion implicitly embodied in Victorian sexology of women as secondary social beings in terms of intellect and sensibility" The scholar of religion Manon Hedenborg White noted that some of Crowley's statements are "undoubtedly misogynist by contemporary standards" but characterized Crowley's attitude toward women as complex and multi-faceted Crowley's comments on women's role varied dramatically within his written work even that produced in similar periods Crowley described women as "moral inferiors" who had to be treated with "firmness kindness and justice" while also arguing that Thelema was essential to women's emancipation