Jainism and World Problems

SR No.: 006708
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1934
Total Pages: 240
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 10 MB

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REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Istri Mukti.
In Bentham's Theory of Legislation (see pages 52 & 53) the difference between the nature and constitution of a man and woman is thus described :
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"The sensibility of women seems to be greater than that of men. Their health is more delicate. In point of strength of body, degree of knowledge, intellectual powers and firmness of mind, they are commonly inferior. Their moral and religious sensibility is keener and more alert ; sympathies and antipathies have greater sway over them. A woman's notion of honour consists rather in modesty and chastity; that of a man, in uprightness and courage. The religion of woman inclines more readily towards superstition, that is to say, towards trifling observances. For her own offspring all their lives long and for children while very young, her affection is commonly stronger than that of the male. Women have more compassion for unhappy beings whom they see in pain, and the very care they bestow in relief of suffering seems to create a fresh bond of sympathy; but their benevolence is confined within a narrower circle, and is less often regulated by the principle of utility. It is seldom that their affections expand so as to embrace the welfare of their country in general, much less that of mankind at large; and even such interest as they assume in party matters takes its rise almost always in some personal sympathy. Their attachments, as well as their antipathies, depend rather on fancy and caprice; while a man has more regard to individual interest or to public utility. Their occupations, in the nature of recreation, are quieter and more sedentary. On the whole, woman is more useful in family life, and man in affairs of state; domestic economy is best placed in the hands of woman, general administration in the hands of man,"