Originally posted by: ---Betty---
I agree about making women's position in Hinduism better but are you saying other religions including Islam offer more rights and less oppressive? That might have been the case long time ago but nowadays?
Some Christian women convert to Islam for marriage, does that mean Christianity is more oppressive to women than Islam?
I don't know enough about other religions to even talk about them. But instead of outraging every time someone converts and leaves Hinduism, use that attention and time to make improvements in the religion itself. You can't hold anyone to the religion with a gun to their head. If they want to leave, forget them.
Patriarchy and subjugation of women is common to all religions - some more and some less. I have seen so many backward Hindu families as well - city living educated types who send their kids abroad for college. They will perform pujas on one hand and then demand dowry with the other hand. Women are expected to do everything according to their husband's culture, including what types of food they eat and which holidays they celebrate.
Look inward and improve your own culture and forget the ones that leave. It's a waste of time to outrage about someone that didn't care enough to stay.
Edited by anonymous39 - 6 years ago
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