Respect of Women

[Arleitter]

Re: Respect of Women

@psyah

Peace Arlietter

If the whole town was destroyed over a single woman - does that include the women of that town? Does the love for a specific woman by a specific person translate necessarily to respect of women per se by all? BTW … Ravana was a demon wasn’t he? I mean he was not human.

So King Pandyan was killed and his city razed because he mistakenly accused someone of theft and killed him … what does that have to do with the wife of the accused? Surely every married man who has been killed wrongfully - wouldn’t the revenge for that be a result of his murder not the result of leaving his wife as a widow? This is stretching the respect reference for women. The revenge was for wrongful killing not for leaving a woman as a widow. And then the excess that this goes to - imagine how many women would be out of house and home for having their town ransacked … on account of a mistake.

These examples show excess in revenge and how wrathful a leader can be for his property or what belongs to him - such as a woman who he loved. Do similar examples exist where kings have defended the honour of women who they did not love … or who were simply mothers of one of their servants?

How were women from the enemies treated? Surely this would show unreserved and unbiased respect for women.

In Ramayana,after Ravana’s death and Rama’s victory ,Ravana’s brother was asked to assume the leadership of the country and he was suggested to marry Ravana’s wife.This is said to be was for averting Ravana’s wife’s death by suicide.

In Mahabarata,after the great war Pandava’s victory, all the women and other aged persons were spared.But again the lives of women and children were often spared by the various warring factions in those earas.