Acharya Prashant addresses a question about the hypocrisy of men who claim to protect their own female relatives while being the source of danger for other women. He explains that these men are essentially saying, "You are safe with us, your brothers and fathers, but outside, you are unsafe because there are no brothers or fathers for you." This reveals a double standard where a man wants to protect his 'own' daughter or sister, while simultaneously making another's daughter or sister feel unsafe at his hands. The speaker asserts that this entire game of protection is not about love or care, but about possession and the desire to exploit. The speaker illustrates this with an analogy of two families, where the men of each family protect their women from the other, but become violent towards the other's women when they are outside. The underlying desire is to loot and plunder. He states that a woman is treated like property, but unlike inanimate objects, she has legs and can walk away, which is why she must be controlled. He gives historical examples, such as women being tattooed with their husband's name to establish ownership, and women in the first Indian general election identifying themselves only in relation to their male relatives, having no independent name. Acharya Prashant criticizes the societal conditioning that makes women see themselves as objects, where praise is often for their physical attributes or for being docile like a "cow," while a "lioness" is feared. He argues that the whole game of security is a smokescreen for the desire to possess and enjoy. He points out that the deepest slavery is when it is internalized to the point that the slave believes they are free. He concludes by urging women to stop seeing themselves through the eyes of men and to recognize themselves as human beings first.
