Then what IS the difference

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Vimpramukhya Swami wrote:

 

>> If I am understanding correctly, no "preferential treatment of male

>> devotees in any form" means "equal treatment of male and female devotees,"

>> or in other words, "equal rights." But Srila Prabhupada had the following

>> (and much more of the same) to say about equal rights:

>

>Puleease!!! That is one big piece of word jugglery.

 

Maharaja, please excuse me for being so dull-witted, but I do not understand

why you say word jugglery. "Preferential" does not mean "partial," at least

according to my (Webster's) dictionary. I do agree there should be not

*partial* treatment of one being over another--in other words, maintaining

bias on the basis of personal inclinations.

 

>What Bir Krishna Maharaja said was clear enough:

>>The GBC will not tolerate...preferential treatment given

>>to male devotees in any form.

>

>You read too many things into it. You go off on a tangent and say this

>sounds like equal rights,

 

Not only sounds like, I humbly say it IS. How is it not (if you would be so

kind as to explain)?

 

>and promptly provide us with Vedabase quotes (as if we didn't have access

to >the Vedabase) to try to prove there should be no equal rights.

 

I'm sorry if anyone felt insulted by my inclusion of direct quotes from our

founder-acarya.

 

>Meanwhile, the GBC say they will not tolerate preferential treatment given

>to male devotees in any form. Period.

 

"In any form." That sounds quite universal to me, I repeat. So anyone please

correct me if I am wrong: Sannyasis, being male, may no longer be preferred

over ladies to give SB class; husbands, being male, may no longer be

preferred over their wives to authoritatively represent their families in

the context of society; male pujaris, being male, may never be preferred

over female pujaris to offer mangala-arati; brahmacaris, being male, may no

longer be preferred over brahmacarinis to tend to visiting sannyasis...

 

Actually it sounds like downright oppression of males to me!

 

>Equal rights or not - that is another issue for now - preferential

treatment is >the issue.

 

Honestly, I see no difference whatsoever. But I thank Your Holiness all the

same.

 

--gkd