...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...

...to curb their inherently 'evil' and 'weak' character. According to Manu, the law-giver, a woman must never be independent: in childhood she must be subject...her father, in youth to her husband, and in old age, after the death of her husband, to her son. This was necessary because at the time of her creation,...

...salvation only by virtue of her total obedience and devotion to her husband.4 "In childhood, a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband and when her lord is dead, to her son. A woman must never be independent. "fi Another image of womanhood...

...property; the wealth which they eam is acquired for him to whom they belong. . . . In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and when her husband is dead, to her sons; a woman must never be independent. Directions: Answer the following...

...impurity and thoughtless action; root of all evil; inconsistent and cruel. ... 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."149 But despite legal reforms...

...commandments followed by unquestioning generations of women. The Manu Samhita intoned, "In childhood, a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband and when her lord is dead to her son. Women must never be independent." Mythili at eighteen was brought...