Prabhupada: Yes. Man wants that woman should be subordinate, faithful to him. Then he is ready to take charge. The man’s mentality, woman’s mentality different. So if the woman agrees to remain faithful and subordinate to man, then the family life will be peaceful.
(Newspaper interview with Srila Prabhupada, July 9, 1975, Chicago)
(Newspaper interview with Srila Prabhupada, July 9, 1975, Chicago)
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Prabhupada: And the women are declaring, “independent.” They are begging door to door to a man, “Please give me shelter. Give me a child,” and they’re independent. One American woman, was…. She was speaking that “In India the woman are treated as slave. We don’t want.” So I told her that it is better to become slave of one person than to slave of become hundreds. (laughter) The woman must become a slave. So instead of becoming slaves of so many persons, it is better to remain satisfied, a slave of one person. And our Vedic civilization says, nari-rupam pati-vratam: "THE WOMAN IS BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE REMAINS AS A SLAVE TO THE HUSBAND". That is the beauty, not the personal beauty. How much she has learned to remain as a slave to the husband, that is Vedic civilization… And the beauty of woman is how much she is devoted and obedient to the husband. So it is very difficult.
(Morning Walk, March 19, 1976, Mayapur, India)
(Morning Walk, March 19, 1976, Mayapur, India)
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Prabhupada: Now, in the Manu-samhita it is clearly stated that a woman should not be given freedom. That does not mean that women are to be kept as slaves, but they are like children.
(Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, Chapter 16, verse 7)"
(Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, Chapter 16, verse 7)"
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