male form

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Social roles may change. But sastra states that the female form is

intrinsically less suited for spiritual realization than that of the male.

Although a generalization, it is an important one that sastra repeatedly

states. Along with the body goes a certain type of consciousness. Women tend

to be more attached to children, home, comfort, security, bodily appearance

(see the huge cosmetics section for women in any large store), and to have

less ability to distinguish between matter and spirit. Therefore they are

considered less intelligent. This does not bar them from making advancement

in bhakti, which depends more on the mercy of the Lord and His devotees than

on discriminatory power (but in which discriminatory power is also

important).