The Importance Of Sexuality In Manusmriti

Verses dealing with sexuality in is a good way to understand the position of men and women. Manu is more concerned about male sexuality and cravings. Manu advices a man not to spend time alone even in the company of his moth er, sister and daughter. Here he talks about incest which can overpower even a wise. Modern physiologist Sigmund Frued in his Oedipus Complex reflects Manu's view. The contemporary world of Manusmriti had Gurukuls where students observed celibacy. In the nearby vicinity there were youthful wives of educators so Manu says that a vedic students should not apply oil, to bathe or rub their back and apply makeup to the wives(2,211). Manu laid this system as a sort of checks and balances to guarantee the sacredness of very much

The tightening of noose is often criticized fro being biased against some sections. Vinita Chandra says it is important to understand Manusmriti in socio political and political happenings of the time when it was authored. What by all accounts an endeavor to control women was an endeavor to save the strings of the established fabric which were getting relaxed. For example When Manu talk about the standards for naming a women , may be that is because of native woman from those from outside i.e., foreigners and tribal women. After the usurping of last Maurya ruler by Sungas somehere around 185 BC, there appeared several different rulers. Romila Thapar says the dynasties of this period had a brisk turnover, yet underneath these progressions the most stable componet was trade(qtd. in Chandra 133). The political mayhem and trade resulted in flood of crowd from western and central Asia. It is in this scenario the above verse is justified. There is a reference to women turning blasphemous/heretics. Maybe women were regarded inside the family structure to prevent them going out of the Brahminical fold. The intensely condemned saying that women ought to never be independent(5, 148) , she should not try to discrete herself from the father, husband and son(5, 149). These verses may be result of women attempt to isolate themselves from families and join sinful factions. So this was

For smooth working of any society, some sort of division of work is required however issue emerges just when the society begins to discriminate between various types of work as superior or inferior (Singh 86). Domestic sphere has always criticized and thought to be demeaning. This depreciation of housework is linked to more extensive debasement of women's work. The need to great importance is not just to permit women to cross the limits of the family but also a legitimate acknowledgement of the family sphere i.e., private