Śrīla Prabhupāda on Women (download the new book)
There are a number of passages in Prabhupāda’s teachings that can be hard to process: women being less intelligent than men, more lustful, less trustworthy, and so on. This book explains them.
Through his translations and purports, Śrīla Prabhupāda brought Kṛṣṇa consciousness into modern society with a force and clarity never seen before, making the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness accessible to people of different countries, languages, and backgrounds. More than half a billion of his books have been distributed, and we will probably never understand the full impact they had on society.
At the same time, however, there are a number of passages in Prabhupāda’s teachings that can be hard to process. Among them are his statements about women being less intelligent than men, more lustful, less trustworthy, and so on. For some, these statements are distressing. For others, they appear to conflict with the deep respect, affection, and opportunities that Prabhupāda personally extended to his female disciples. Others simply try to avoid the discussion altogether, either by dismissing the statements as irrelevant or by trying to fanatically impose their view of them as absolute truth. Some become apologetic; others treat it as a public relations issue that has to be managed.
In this book, we try to avoid all these reactions. Rather, the purpose is to examine what Śrīla Prabhupāda actually said, what the purpose of such statements was, what kind of philosophical conclusions are behind them, and how they fit into his teachings.
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+ Preface
+ Why does Prabhupāda say that women should not be given independence at any stage?
+ In what sense are women nine times more lusty?
+ Women like men who are “expert at rape”?
+ Are women, vaiśyas, and śūdras of lower birth?
+ A woman should follow a husband who is not fallen
+ Why did Prabhupāda say women are less intelligent?
+ Why does Prabhupāda use the word “prostitute”?
+ “These women are not ordinary women”