The real question is why Mother is considered offensive.

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> > And if you're going to lean on the tired old line of "women should be

> > seen as mother," then reconsider: Just because a woman is considered

> > "mother" doesn't negate the fact that she is also "master."

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> Excuse me, mother, it is because women are mother that they are also

> master. Mother is the first guru in the life of every human being. No man

> can disobey mother, not even Pandavas, the most powerful men that walked

> on this earth. Therefore, desire to be honored as mother.

 

I desire to be honored as nothing, thanks all the same. But if I was going

to be "honored" as anything, I'd like to be honored for being a devotee. Not

a male or a female. A devotee.