The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c5.35

c5.35

Attitude towards women taken prisoners : liberal view of Smṛitis allowing their readmission, 366-71; subsequent change in the attitude and its disastrous consequences, 371-4; attitude towards unfaithful wives, 375-7; treatment of women captives, 377-9; women not to be killed, 380-1; general good treatment recommended, 382-3; passages deprecating women : their analysis, 383-6; a spirited reply to them, 387-8; renunciation school generally hostile to women in India and in the West, 389-92; patronising attitude towards women: its causes, 392-3; theory of perpetual tutelage of women: how far true, 393-8; the theory common in the West also, 398-401; a general resume, 401-13.