Originally posted by kingallahslave
ok,Now Take a look of Women Status in Hinduism :
I'm not going explain in details,lots of sites are there to explain 'okkk'..
Status of Women ::
1. The Hindu Woman has no right to divorce her husband.
lol.....nice.....did u actually read anciiant books of hinduism...i mean vedas??......how ....nice to see how u come up wid conclusions.......
well...dere is no concept
...well hinduism is based on vedas.....dats why it is also known as "vedic dharma"
acc to vedas...divorce is not at all defined...its like...... husband and wife are married for dere whole life.....and both hav duties.....equal duties........to make each other happy..............
if women cant divorse den man also cant divorce...no no question of inequlity........
but why m proud of the most ancient religion in the world is cozz...even its the most ancient it adopts every new idea according to the situatin....like...now a days...if the husband is abusive or not good...den wife can divorce..........
2. She has no property or inheritance rights.
well...let me clear here....
acc to vedas......
wen a marriage happens ..its like both is starting new life....den both frm bride's side and groom's side give gifts to dere children......according to dere strength.....to start dere new life........
the girl's father gives property to the girl inthe form of dowry(at ancient times its was regarded as very respectful..)..to start her new life...and watever property girl brings wid her ..can be used by only girl...widut her permission guy's family cant use any wealth frm girl's parents....
moreover...wife can give her property to her daughter......daughts in ancient time had more right over property of her parents....father's half property to begin her new life...and mother's whole property........sons were considerd as dey hav right on remaining property..plus dey hav to make more property by themselves........
but as time passed...ppl forgot all values...and became greedy...and term dowry became bad term.....its not fault of vedas/religion......its fault of human beings and dere values.............
3. Choice of partner is limited because she can only marry within her own caste; moreover her horoscope must match that of the intending bridegroom/family.lots of things are there ,like "Mangli" . if the is mangli then she can marry only mangli guy.
hmm...some of ur concepts are right....we bellive in arrange marrige...cozz we belive dat marriage is not relation between grl and boy...but its relation between two families.........
like u said she has limited choice...naa....parteners hav choices.....no prob in casts......but its upto u.....deres no compulsion..its upto u and ur family.....we belive in horoscope...is dat wrong?.......belive in hproscpe depends on person to person.......some ppl belive some not...horoscope is not compansary.......its a myth.......we belive dat "parteners are made in heven...and unite on earth"........
abut mangalik factor......its like some ppl belive some not...so its not dat big issue...ppl who belive prefer manglik ..who dont belive ....dont care...........its not compolsry acc to vedas.....vedas are extremely spritual...
4. Bride Burning : The family of the girl has to offer an enormous dowry to the bridegroom/family. else the girl will be burn or killed etc etc'.
abut dowry i told u above....and abut bride burning....its not permitted in vedas...its ppls who who do it.....any kind of punishment(physical or mental is not permitted in vedas......)
5. If her husband dies she should commit Sati (being cremated with her dead husband). Since today's law forbids Sati, society mainly punishes her in other "holy" ways (see below).
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sorry...no offence please.....but i wud like to ask u a question here.....
if some terriost activity happen anyware cozz of islamic terriosts....and someone says all muslims arre terriosts den wud u agrreee??....nope...even i dont agree........and u wud come up wid some quarn lines....dats its written in quran....dat...its all wrong......dis and dat..........
acc to vedas.....life is a great gift frm god.....if u destroy it u r doing a sin.....
sati is not supported in vedas.........
in anciant india...before foregin invaders.....women were reagrded as godess........sati was extremey personal issue of a women..which was always discorauged during dat time.......but wen foregin invaders came ....dey started looing india...killing ppl...raping women....to women used to sucide (in the name of sati or johar) to save dere honour.....cozz dey knew if dey will live den wat dose looter r going to do........but den whole inda was under dose invaders......ppl....were afraid for dere daughters.......den dey started killing dere daughters in the name of sati...but dat wasnt sai...dats muder.......
m glad now dis act is abolished totally.......
dis act is discouraged in vedas.....so again its ppl who r at fault....just like some terriosts.........
6. She cannot remarry.
well u r partially right.........like....its like..........we consider marrige as life time relation...dat cannot be broken............but....
but wat wud u do if women herself is not ready to remarry?....
i hvnt read much abut it...but yeh ..i can say.....dat hinduism adopts all new values of life acc to situation...in todays world....if a grl or guy wanna remarry...dey can but after divorcing each other..........
if u say not remarring is bad...den hinduism had adopted remarriage system for new generation.................the best thing of dis religion dat it adopts all gud things and leave all bad behind...if the thing is not suitable for dat period of time.......
7. The widow is considered to be a curse and must not be seen in public. She cannot wear jewelry or colourful clothes. (She should not even take part in her children's marriage!)
ahh...seems like u hv seen indian serials.....π...........
well...its not in vedas........i mean in written things(Note:m toking abut vedas...not purans....cozz real base of hinduism is vedas..... .).........
widows r not considered as curse al all..its just as time passed...ppl stopped reading vedas.....became ignorant ...and started making dere own perciptions.....
women ....had very high status .....acc to vedas....
u can take eg. of Kunti.......mother of pandavas(acc to mahabharat epic)...she had a son before marriage.....but still all her sons regared her alot..he name is still taken wid lots of respect...even her son born before marrige is known as "kunti putra karan"(kunti's son karan)...even in todays world her name is take wid lots of respect.....
and she has 5 sons after marriage.......all reagarded her alot.......
abut colorful dress.......its a myth...its never written in vedas....dat she shud abdon all colors.....but women in anciant history....used to abdomn all colores by herself widut force...wid her own will........cozz she was in so much love wid her husband ...dat she refused to wear any color widut her hubby....dat was wat dere wish....it wasnt compansory...not forcefully...nor written in vedas.........but as time passes....ppl became ignorant....and staterd making women's life misable.....dats not religion's mistake...again ppl's mistake....
8. Child and infant marriage is encouraged.Girls are to be married when 5 years old !
heheheheheh....
frm where u came up wid dis data?..........
really funny thing...where in inciant times....swambers were encouraged....and happend...were grl used to choose her own hubby......wen she reach above the age of 16(mean wen she starts understanding the term marrige and her responsibilities)....how cud u bring dis false fact.......
children marrige come in india wen .....forign invaders came.......ppl stated marrying dere dughters at early age...just to protect dem frm dose looters......
is it religion mistake or dose looter's mistake.....?
Is there anyone who says i'm lieing, my above written words are not true.?
What Hindu Female says about this ?? Any One ???