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> > > It may be clearly said that the understanding of a woman is always

> > > inferior to the understanding of a man. - SB 6.17.34-35 ppt

> >

 

As His Holiness Hridayananda Maharaja points out, (as well as simple common

sense,) it is obvious that a woman's understanding CAN be superior to that

of a man. Would we dare say that a mentally retarded man's understanding is

higher than a sane intelligent woman's understanding? What about the

understanding of a devotee woman who remains in ISKCON compared to the

understanding of a devotee man who leaves ISKCON for maya? Is his

understanding still higher than hers? Such examples are many.

 

However, we are still left with Srila Prabhupada's statement. What to do

about it? How to understand it without becoming fanatical or dogmatic?

Hridayananda Maharaja answers that, with all things being equal, a man will

take the leading position, that's all. In other words, assuming that in a

particular circumstance all characteristics of intelligence are equal among

an individual woman and an individual man, (as it CAN be so, as above

mentioned), the man will generally and naturally take the leading position.

 

Your humble servant,

 

Candrasekhar Acarya dasa

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