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Why Were Women Enslaved?
Periyar's case, first made in Tamil in 1942, that the subjection of women is built and held in place — by chastity, by marriage, by the denial of property and birth control, and by the religion that sanctifies all three — and can therefore be dismantled. Meena Kandasamy's English translation.
By Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
- Author
- Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
- Publisher
- The Periyar Self-Respect Propaganda Institution
- Edition
- 2007
- First published
- 1942
- ISBN
- 9788190357937Look this edition up on Open Library.
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Why were Women enslaved?
Will rats be liberated because of cats? Will goats and cocks be liberated because of foxes? Will the wealth of Indians increase because of the British? Will the non-Brahmins attain equality because of the Brahmins? If one thinks over these questions, one can realize the truth. Even if liberation is somehow attained in these above cases, one firmly believe that women will never attain liberation because of men. Women shouldn't forget the fact that the word 'masculinity' is itself internationally used in a manner demeaning to women. Women should remember that as long as 'masculinity' exists in the world, 'femininity' wouldn't be respected. As long as 'masculinity' exists in the world, the enslavement of women will keep increasing. Unless women destroy the concept of 'masculinity', it is certain that they will not attain liberation. - Thanthai Periyar (Page 62)
Topics
- Periyar
- Religion and culture
- Caste discrimination