tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204664686568393114.post4109291020351708910..comments2023-11-02T01:43:20.189-07:00Comments on At Wisdom's End: Fair Questions: Is Feminism Compatible with Buddhism?Samuel C Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931395216787784171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204664686568393114.post-79309767549367474112016-12-26T17:30:44.510-08:002016-12-26T17:30:44.510-08:00Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I tend to ag...Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I tend to agree with your conclusion to the extent that I think most feminists aren't going to see Buddhism as compatible with feminism. There are a few who do, and far be it from me to tell anyone they can't have their own strong opinion.<br /><br />I also think you're right to point out that the tendency of males to view women as lesser is something that transcends any religious tradition. After all, even in secular regimes that tried with some success to get rid of religion, women were still treated very poorly in general. It's something that seems to happen more or less regardless of which religious tradition is common in a particular nation and even when no religion is common there. It seems that it's a deeper problem, at the very least.Samuel C Bunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931395216787784171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204664686568393114.post-56074584829308260012016-12-24T20:01:56.557-08:002016-12-24T20:01:56.557-08:00I consider myself very open minded, but in most re...I consider myself very open minded, but in most religions or faiths, women seem to be second class citizens. I've always wondered if this is so simply because for years in the past it was not popular for women to be educated. Women were in most instances completely dependent on the males in their communities to take care of them. In the past it was men who wrote history and decided how things were going to be in the household/community. It was scary that women had a certain power over men when it came to sex, so of course men would want to find a way to keep a woman in "her" place and maintain a certain balance. Keep women chaste until marriage, then keep them dependent and pregnant. There were two kinds of women, marriage material and anything other than that were considered whores. Feminism and the Buddhist teaching are in my opinion not compatible. ctscorpia78https://www.blogger.com/profile/14404515661540711207noreply@blogger.com