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because it is “relative information…if it is found to be
incorrect.” However, Srila Prabhupada’s statement is not
found to be incorrect. It has been determined by modern
research that on the average men’s brains are larger than
women’s.

Dr. Urquhart might have overstated the mean average
size difference, but the fact that men’s brain size, on the
average, is larger than women’s is true. After making this
first misrepresentation purporting that Srila Prabhupada’s
statement that the relative size of men’s and women’s
brains is wrong, now Brahma das proceeds to question,
“…. Whether or not Srila Prabhupada’s other comments
on the nature of women fall within the category of relative
or absolute.” His point is that if a statement of relative fact
is wrong, then it can be disregarded. When statements
of relative facts are not collaborated by shastra, then it is
possible that the person making such statements is wrong
due to the material conditioning as explained by Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakur and Srila Prabhupada above.

Brahma das continues, “The dictionary defines absolute
as complete; perfect; free from limitation. Following
Bhagavad-gita 2.16 devotees have defined absolute as
that which is satah or true in all times and circumstances.
Taken at face value do his controversial comments on the
nature of women conform to either of these definitions of

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