...an old man than life itself; but a young wife never loves an old man ; she merely waits upon hi in, and considers him a nauseous draught. Women never...learned. The poor, though possessing friends, power and learning, are despised. . As milk taken by a serpent is soon changed into poison, so, though a...

...there is but a poor prospect of comfort for females after marriage. Asa Hindoo writer has said ; " A woman can never be independent; in childhood she...youth, to her- husband, and in old age to her sons." The women are kept in such a state of ignorance, that passive endurance with the Hindoo wife is both...

...then may be observed among some of the lower and more profligate classes. A Hindoo writer has said, " A woman can never be independent ; in childhood she...youth to her husband, and in old age to her sons." This is literally true. It is indeed pitiful to see women, often lovely beyond what conception can...

...the famous -stanza, borrowed from the Mahabharata, (Anucasana, xlvi, 14): "In childhood, woman should be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and in old age to her sons if her husband be dead. She should never be her own mistress." Buddha did not at first admit women...

...comfort and pleasure of man, and to bear children. The ancient laws tell us : " In childhood, a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and in widowhood to her sons ; a woman must never be independent. Though destitute of virtue, or seeking pleasure...

...even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently even in her own house. " In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and when her lord is dead, to her sons ; a woman must never be independent. " Though destitute of virtue,...

...subordinate to the men closest to her. Manu, male codifier of ancient law, specified that in childhood woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and when her lord is dead, to her sons. A woman must never be independent. Nonetheless, Hinduism recognizes...

...emphasising women's inferior status. Thus Manu, a famous law-giver of c. 200 BC: 'In childhood a woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and, when her lord is dead, to her sons. A woman must never be independent.'8 Most women in India, especially...

...began by describing the hateful sentiments about women in the Laws of Manu - how in childhood a woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and then to her sons after he was dead. She explained how 'though destitute of virtue, or seeking pleasure...

...will and she was expressly denied her right to Independence and individuality. 'In childhood a woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband; and where lord is dead, to her sons, a woman must never be independent', so says the Hindu law giver. The...