There are passages in Prabhupāda’s teachings that can be hard to process, like his statements about women being less intelligent, more lustful, less trustworthy, and so on. How to understand them?
Umm, could you clarify about Srila Prabhupada's view on Women education
I have heard in a conversation that women should not be given academic education but rather should be kept only to household chores? Could you please clarify
In general, the Vedic idea is that people are educated according to their nature and function in society, Prabhupada was sometimes mentioning this point. It's just common sense. But, at the same time, he was not forcing it; that's the point many get wrong. He was encouraging ladies who had a more intellectual nature to study, develop it and use it for Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupada was "Vedic" in the sense of using common sense, instead of applying stereotyped formulas. Nowadays there are people who give it a bad name by trying to implement sharia.
I have a master's in education and when I became a mother I left behind my job as an English professor with absolutely no remorse. I have an academic inclination even, but a lot of women don't - they just get an education because that's the cultural expectation, and then to be independent with a career. Having a career is the new motherhood, and it is so sad and unnecessary and unfortunate when what we really need are loving, present mothers. That's just my .02.
Umm, could you clarify about Srila Prabhupada's view on Women education
I have heard in a conversation that women should not be given academic education but rather should be kept only to household chores? Could you please clarify
In general, the Vedic idea is that people are educated according to their nature and function in society, Prabhupada was sometimes mentioning this point. It's just common sense. But, at the same time, he was not forcing it; that's the point many get wrong. He was encouraging ladies who had a more intellectual nature to study, develop it and use it for Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupada was "Vedic" in the sense of using common sense, instead of applying stereotyped formulas. Nowadays there are people who give it a bad name by trying to implement sharia.
I have a master's in education and when I became a mother I left behind my job as an English professor with absolutely no remorse. I have an academic inclination even, but a lot of women don't - they just get an education because that's the cultural expectation, and then to be independent with a career. Having a career is the new motherhood, and it is so sad and unnecessary and unfortunate when what we really need are loving, present mothers. That's just my .02.