Page 60 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

but by giving his wife ornaments, nice food and dresses, he
keeps her completely under submission. Such a satisfied
wife will never give up the company of her husband.
Manu-samhita recommends that to keep a wife satisfied a
husband should give her some ornaments because women
are generally fond of home, ornaments, dresses, children,
etc. In this way the woman is the center of all material
enjoyment.

In this regard, the word vikhyatam is very significant. A
man is always famous for his aggression toward a beautiful
woman, and such aggression is sometimes considered
rape. Although rape is not legally allowed, it is a fact that a
woman likes a man who is very expert at rape.”

Brahma das and others have a problem with the last
paragraph of the purport: he says “Srila Prabhupada did
not always use words that were appropriate to our frame
of reference. In this case I always felt that he used the word
rape in error. What Srila Prabhupada is saying in this
purport is that women are attracted to aggressive lovers.
Rape means something else entirely. Rape is defined as
having sexual intercourse with a person against their
will. Indeed, how does it make sense to say that a person
wants something that is against their will? Either way this
statement about what women are attracted to sexually is
not absolute by any means.”

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