Prabhupada said, “How they can have equal rights? Up to date in the history there is not a single woman who is a great scientist or great philosopher or great…” – Morning walk, 9 January 1977, Bombay
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Prabhupada said, “How they can have equal rights? Up to date in the history there is not a single woman who is a great scientist or great philosopher or great…” – Morning walk, 9 January 1977, Bombay
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Prabhupada said, “But one thing I can say, generally. There was a great politician, Canakya Pandita, under whose name in New Delhi there is a quarter called Canakya Puri. All the foreign embassies are situated there. He said, visvaso naiva kartavyam strisu raja-kulesu ca: ‘Never trust a woman and a politician.’ That is his remark, of course, I do not say anything.” – Press conference, 9 July 1975, Chicago
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Prabhupada said, “The brain substance… According to psychology, there is difference of brain substance. Not the brain substance equally, of equal weight, in every man’s brain. You know, you are all educated students, psychology students. In our boyhood when we were a student in psychology class, Dr. Urquhart explained this brain substance. The man has got the highest brain substance—not all—up to sixty-four ounce. And woman has got the highest up to thirty-six or thirty-four.” – Lecture at Harvard University, 24 December 1969, Boston
Prabhupada said, “This is psychologically true, that within the brain, the brain substance, if there is more, then one is more intelligent. So here it is alpa… Just see, modern scientific psychology, how it was known, long, long millions of years ago. At least five thousand years ago. Alpa-medhasah. And this is scientific fact. Those who are students of psychology, they know it. I was student of psychology, and our professor… He was a Scotman. He explained this brain substance, cerebular substance, Dr. Urquhart, that the more brain substance is there, more one becomes intelligent. And it has been found that a woman does not have more than thirty-six ounce of brain substance, whereas in man it has been found that he has got up to sixty-four ounce. Now, this is modern science. Therefore generally, generally, woman, less intelligent than man. You cannot find any big scientist, any big mathematician, any big philosopher amongst woman. That is not possible. Although in your country, you want equal status with man, freedom, but by nature you are less intelligent. What can be done?” – Lecture on SB 1.3.21, 26 September 1972, Los Angeles
Prabhupada said, “To understand Brahman is not the business of tiny brain. Alpha-medhasam. There are two Sanskrit words, alpa-medhasa and su-medhasa. Alpa-medhasa means having little brain substance. Physiologically, within the brain there are brain substance. It is found that the brain substance in man is found up to 64 ounce. They are very highly intellectual persons. And in woman the brain substance is not found more than 34 ounce. You’ll find, therefore, that there is no very great scientist, mathematician, philosopher, among women. You’ll never find because their brain substance cannot go. Artificially do not try to become equal with men. That is not allowed in the Vedic sastra. Na striyam svatantratam arhati. That is called sastra.” – Lecture on BG 16.7, 3 February 1975, Hawaii
Prabhupada said, “I was student of psychology. Our professor, Dr. Urquhart said that the brain, the biggest brain is, by practical psychology it has been tested, sixty-four ounce. And that is the highest brain substance. But for woman it is never more than thirty-six ounce. So they have tested all these practical psychologies.” – Lecture on BG 4.12, 4 August 1974, Vrindavana
Prabhupada said, “I was student of psychology in my college life. Dr. Urquhart said, I remember still, that the brain substance has been found up to 64 ounce, while brain substance of woman has been found, highest, 34 ounce. Therefore woman class is not so intelligent as man. There is no question of competition. It is actual, scientific fact.” – Lecture on SB 1.2.6, 3 August 1968, Montreal