Imposing gender consciousness

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At 12:46 PM -0800 12/9/99, djwarre (AT) excite (DOT) com wrote:

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>In response to Ameyatma Prabhu's post, I'd like to offer this quote from my

>elevated Godsister, Visakha prabhu's, recent paper:

>

>"A devotee is not challenged or threatened by another's growth in Krsna's

>service, but rejoices in it. A devotee does not impose gender consciousness

>on aspiring Vaisnavas. Such superficial cutting and clamping is the behavior

>of those who lack understanding, who confuse Srila Prabhupada's words with

>their own conceptions.

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says women cannot

take sannyasa?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that women

cannot attend Varnasrama College?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that "girls"

gurukula is a concoction?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that women are

like fire and men like butter?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada say that "there is

a difference between male and female that exists even in the higher

statuses of life-in fact, even between Lord Siva and his wife?"

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that women

should not be in Vrndavana?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that women

should not be given freedom or independence?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that women are

less intelligent?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that the Aryan

civilization is being insulted by having a female as its chief executive?

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that "it is

most regrettable when a woman becomes the executive head instead of a

lionlike king."

 

Is it not imposing gender consciousness when Prabhupada says that women

cannot have equal rights?

 

etc. etc.

 

ys. JMd