The gender issue that early Jains had disputes over was whether a:

A. man has two souls unlike a woman.
B. soul can attain deliverance from a woman's body.
C. woman should be allowed to become a nun.
D. woman should be allowed to follow Jainism.


B. soul can attain deliverance from a woman's body.
A dispute that early Jains faced was a gender issue: whether a soul can attain deliverance from a woman's body.

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