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."

> > >

> > > 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.

>

> Understood, but it is not that you have to receive the honor for yourself,

> rather you may, as a humble devotee, accept this particular honor in order

> to help the males purify themselves by learning to see and address every

> woman as mother.

 

You're assuming that I have rejected the term "mother," which is a rather

faulty premise on which to base your comments.