Re: The Shame Capital.....
Originally Posted by
Jodhaa
I have at times found myself a little skeptical of the native Indians who claim that women are highly respected in Indian society because Hinduism mandates it. How then, does one explain not only crimes like rape, but also female infanticide? Either Hinduism is not a woman friendly religion, and people are just claiming otherwise to prevent themselves from looking bad, or Hinduism IS a woman friendly religion, and the problem is that the culture ignores those ideas.
Namaste,
Please note that India is NOT a China - not even 1% of the population indulges in female infanticide. It has happened in some very remote areas of the country in the past, but such cases are as rare as the recent gang rape ratio - a absolutely rare phenomenon. These isolated cases do not help anyone judge Hinduism and its treatment of women. In India, Indian women hold some of the most prestigious positions all across academia, and even in Politics - it is a country that has produced one Indira Gandhi and Jayalalitha, when nowhere in a Western country has a woman been elected for the topmost position in Politics. Even in Vedic times, when rest of the world was mostly illeterate, India has produced saints such as Gargi and Maitreyi known all over the country for ages for their contribution to the male-dominated arena of advanced vedic studies. So let us not discuss Hinduism in scales such as gang rape and infanticides - these are still very, very rare in India, IMO.
Last edited by Viraja; 27 December 2012 at 05:54 PM.
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