>>22995391You got this wrong, probably through bad reading comprehension.
It is only impossible for women to become a Sammasambuddha, i.e. one who finds enlightenment by himself in a time where there is no one teaching the way to get there, and who then goes on to teach it to others, establishing a religion (like the Buddha of our time 2500something years ago).
And IIRC it's also impossible for women to become a Paccekabuddha, i.e. one who finds enlightenment by himself in a time where there is no one teaching the way to get there, but he also doesn't go on to teach it to others on a grand scale, because he lacks the skill or the motivation or the circumstances aren't right.
But women can become Arahats (enlightened, and forever finished with this world) if taught correctly and understanding correctly, when there is a religion/teaching system established that they can follow.
And of course women can be reborn as men and vice versa. So a woman could become a Sammasambuddha in the distant future after a (not surgically/chemically but karmically induced) sex change.
