7. (221) What does Savarkar argue in his essay entitled, “A woman’s beauty and duty?”
In order to help promote Hindu nationalism, Savakar took a very traditional point of views towards women’s roles by emphasizing the amount of weakness a woman possessed in comparison to a man. In terms of masculinity, men were expected to be physically strong as indicated in Dr. Parchure’s experience as a wrestler and promotion of violence as seen in his physical abuse towards his wife. The main concern for women, however, was to fulfill the primary duty of keeping the home, having children, and promotion of nationalism. In order to do so women were encouraged to be educated, in the sense that they would learn how to be rained in areas that allowed them to teach their children how to promote a nation. If a woman were to be educated in order to help self empower herself in terms of being educated for understanding more about the world around her, subjects that went against nationalism. This was seen as morally wrong. In addition, women were taught to help promote traditional roles, as said in lecture (I think) would include spinning for fabric.
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