The usual feminism always proceeds keeping the man at the center. The woman is saying, “The man is alright and I want to be like the man.” This is such a low standard to set, whereas true feminism would proceed keeping the person that the female is, her real potential at the center. Real feminism is raising to your own individual center, called the true self or Atman.
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Questioner: So, talking about emotions, why are women so emotional and now we’re saying, it’s okay for a man to be emotional. So, there’s an implicit understanding that men are not and women are?
Acharya Prashant: Both are, both are. Just that, both express their emotionality in different ways. So, it’s not really a matter of occurrence of an event, it’s rather matter of the definition of that event.
Inner urges, latent tendencies in women show up in one particular way. Maybe, maybe she will weep. Inner urges, latent tendencies in man show up in a different way, right? Maybe he will, he will fall silent, maybe he will go out and smoke, maybe he will drink a lot but it’s, it’s the same thing at work, the same central tendency being displayed in a feminine way versus a masculine way, right?
So, it’s, it’s no different. You see, these are mechanical processes in our biological system. Why are men so horny? Why are women so emotional? Same thing, just the same thing. Why does the man make advances? Why does the woman feel reluctance. Same thing man, same thing. Part of the same package. You know it requires two to tango that’s why.
