Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 69:3

ואי כתב פריה ורביה ולא כתב מורא ה"א איש דסיפק בידו לעשות אין אשה דאין סיפק בידה לעשות לא וכיון דאין סיפק בידה לעשות לא תתחייב כלל צריכא

And if Scripture wrote procreation and not fear, I would reason: A man, who has the means to do this [sc. to shew fear to his parents] is referred to, but not a woman, seeing that she lacks the means to fulfil this;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 148. n. 5.');">⁵</span> and that being so, she has no obligation at all.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even when she can fulfil it. e.g., if she is unmarried.');">⁶</span> Thus both are necessary.

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