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Forced to get married? || Acharya Prashant, with DU (2022)
Shakti
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Independence
Patriarchy
Willful Surrender
Self-Reliance
Social Conditioning
Personal Responsibility
Illusions
Empowerment
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the concern of maintaining consistency toward goals while facing societal pressure to marry. He asserts that in the modern age, physical compulsion is no longer a valid excuse for submission, as legal institutions and education provide women with the means to resist. He argues that what is often labeled as exploitation or defeat is actually a willful surrender or a deal made by the individual. He suggests that women often yield to patriarchal demands due to greed, ignorance, fear, or the illusion of a comfortable life provided by someone else.