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Women in hinduism

            Women played many different roles in the history of the Hindu religion. The view of them was sometimes positive. In the Upanishad Age seemed to have been more respected than in later dates. They also took part in rituals and traditions that men could not participate in. Women were sometimes viewed negatively though. They were practically born into prostitution and then looked down upon by society for it. They also treated widowed women unfairly and did not allow them to live happily even though that too was something they had no control over.
             Women in the Upanishad Age were very well respected. They took part in the royal court, and they were not afraid to push an issue until they were fully satisfied with the answer. These teachers were wise and well valued by other philosophers, male and female. These women were also how the various sacred teachings were brought down through the generations. Even when men were teaching, they were recorded as the son of their mothers, as opposed to being named the son of any man.
             Women also play a large roll in Hinduism in terms of worship and rituals. Women most commonly wear the forehead mark. Men sometimes wear them for rituals, but most women wear them every day. It shows a woman's marital status, which religious affiliation she follows, which god or goddess she worships, and also which socio-religious affiliation she belongs to. Women in Hinduism have their own rituals that they perform in which men do not. They perform rites for the whole family, fast, and feast to celebrate a goddess. They also gather together to ask women who have passed before their husbands to bless certain events. Many women are thought to gain immense power after death and may alter the progress of some rituals. Men do not have these powers while alive or after dying.
             In contrast there have been many poor associations to women in Hinduism. Their treatment was not always fair.


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