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SUPERSTITIOUS HINDU RELIGION ORDAINS

THE ILL-TREATMENT OF WOMEN
In the previous chapters of this book we examined the erroneous
teachings of Hinduism including its discriminatory social order that re-
duces human beings to a lower status than animals. The Hindu reli-
gion’s discrimination of the lower castes and other religious denomina-
tions is nothing in comparison to its viciousness towards women. Hindu
written texts contain special prohibitions and restrictions in terms of

women’s daily lives. All these illogical rules make their daily lives very
difficult. In comparison to men, Hindu women are like slaves and they
are forbidden to seek even the most basic human rights.
There are countless restrictions and oppressive traditions that are
imposed on women in many different countries of the world, but the su-
perstitious traditions in India present violence, oppression and every
form of degradation in the guise of sacredness to people. That is why
Hindus see the violation, degradation and ill-treatment of women as a
religious obligation. The Manu, one of scriptures of the superstitious
Hindu religion, speaks of women in the following way:

“A dead-end of incapacity, this dead-end of immorality, this congregation of
fire, this obstacle in the human eye, this portal to hellfire, this false flower bas-
ket, the elixir of the venomous secret, this chain that ties people to this worth-
less life or, in one word, woman…” 41
Some of the barbaric practices inflicted on women, driven by ancient
superstitious traditions, some priests and religious texts, are as follows:
-The Manu (one of the more important scriptures of Hinduism)
speaks of women as the “cookers of dogs”. According to its com-

mandments women have no right to own property. Women are al-
lowed to work and earn, but their earnings belong to their fathers,
husbands or if the woman is widowed, to her son.

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