“ Men belaud you as delicate and fragile, so as to delude you into thinking yourselves weak. But it is you women who are strong. ”
Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World (1916). copy citation
Author | Rabindranath Tagore |
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Source | The Home and the World |
Topic | women thought |
Date | 1916 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Surendranath Tagore |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7166/pg7166-images.html |
Context
“Nature has denied them strength—it is thus that they try to enfeeble others."
"We women are weak," replied Bimala. "So I suppose we must join in the conspiracy of the weak."
"Women weak!" I exclaimed with a laugh. "Men belaud you as delicate and fragile, so as to delude you into thinking yourselves weak. But it is you women who are strong. Men make a great outward show of their so-called freedom, but those who know their inner minds are aware of their bondage. They have manufactured scriptures with their own hands to bind themselves;”
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