Monday, February 9, 2009

Gender Relations in India

An article in today's NYT recounts an attack on women who went to a bar in Mangalore, India.

A group that sounds similar to the Taliban (but which is Hindu) is on a self-appointed mission to keep women from socializing in public.

52. What does Hinduism teach about gender relations? Is this group's attitude rooted in the religion or, rather, in a general outlook of cultural conservatism?