RongzomFan

Of course you don't. Because India has less crime and rape than other countries.

That article says 22 minutes. For America its 1 minute. So much worse in America.

Why don't you compare crime statistics country by country and get back to me.

Exactly. There was mass protest. When will Americans protest the constant kidnap-rape (don't forget about past incidents like Elizabeth Smart) and mass shootings (schools, movie theaters etc.)?

Don't give me fucking attitude. You are one making stupid generalizations

In America, they rape baby girls to death http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/steven-smith-assaulting-baby_n_2997750.html In America they kidnap women for a decade, lock them in shackles and rape them.

Its 47%.

You quote: "An estimated 68.5% of women work in farming" And what about men? Is it the exact same amount? Indeed your own article says: "As with men......."

If Indians viewed women as subservient (as someone hinted at), what about the whole Indian woman jewelry thing that's been going on for centuries? This is one of the major Indian traditions and another feature of outright matriarchy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUr2E4dfs0Y

Breathing hot smoke into healthy pink lungs can't be good regardless of the substance.

nevermind

I don't know whats going on here honestly. Widows inherit all the time in India. I've seen it. Indian law was modeled on British law. Women are the ones doing all the Sanskrit mantras, rituals and shit to the point of cliché. Then where do all the schoolgirls in uniform come from every day for decades? Have you been to India? seriously? I heard of sati. But you say its still occurring today. I don't know about that part. .

My uncle's widow OWNS my grandfather's house. And my uncle died decades ago. So much for all this widow bullshit.

You said you knew Indians. You obviously don't. The mom is always the boss of the family.

Whats wrong with the inheritance system?? My mom and my aunts inherited my grandfather's property equally with my uncles. This in Indian law. There was no will. I don't know about that. This is probably the most ridiculous statement. Women are the ones in temple doing all the Sanskrit mantras and rituals. Its in fact a cliché that even the Dalai Lama mentions. My father is from a poor village family. These are just ridiculous statements. I'm not going to address this any further. All of this is frankly utter bullshit. I'm not surprised though.

Yeah like what?

Back to patriarchy.... Who do you think controls Hindu temples? The finances etc.? Its women...

The cognitive dissonance applies to specific scholars such as Doniger, Courtright, Kripal, Caldwell etc. They ignored academic standards common to any other area of academia. And now everyone knows about it.

That's part of it, as Dr. Antonio deNicholas pointed out. But there is no basic understanding of Indian languages, no fact checking during peer review etc.

Although I am a Buddhist, the same discredited "scholars" pop up in my books all the time. Its about factual accuracy. Nothing more, nothing less.

I thought we were talking about western scholarship.

Its possible. So what does it mean? If we took the same amateur Freudian approach to Christianity that western scholars take to Hinduism...... Actually as Dr. Antonio deNicholas pointed out we don't need to! The Bible is more explicitly Freudian! "For one thing Freud would not be needed. The Bible is very explicit. The creation myth (history) says very clearly that the Creator created the world by ejecting his semen (ruh= pron.ruah) and mingling it with the waters. In other words, the creator created through masturbation. And if you stretch the story all the way to Jesus and follow the patrilineal lines given to him turns out that Yahweh is his father."

If Brahmins were patriarchal, wouldn't they be stamping out female deities instead of making temples to them? These western scholars and their cognitive dissonances.....

I know all about Brahmanization or Sanskritization. I'm not buying that its associated with patriarchy. Even if it was, you are making it seem Brahmin priests = Hinduism