One Indian woman comments on this article: Long overdue. This side of Gandhi cannot be criticized enough. In my view, it has also left a lasting eclipse on the dignity of the women of India. When a man the stature of Mahatma Gandhi treats them as mere objects sans value, it also becomes a role model. Very well written, and I use blunter words to say that whatever else he may be, Gandhi was an exploiter of women and has done immeasurable harm to how women are seen and the fact that this is dismissed so easily reflects on how little value women hold in the Indian mind. Apart from the exploitation of young girls, the man was unspeakably cruel to his wife. She was not consulted when he vowed celibacy. Her opinion did not matter when he made such a public tamasha of sleeping with other women and perhaps the worst public insult was that in testing himself against temptation, he deemed his wife lacking attraction with his pursuit of other women to test his celibacy with. Regardless of how great a man he was, the women around him were human and if a great man cannot have basic sensitivity, the greatness is worthless. The father of the nation indeed. Is it any surprise that women are not valued today with a father like that? youthkiawaaz/2013/10/gandhi-used-power-position-exploit-young-women-way-react-matters-even-today/ -js
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:22:26 +0000
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