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Post by kiranshoaib on Nov 3, 2012 23:30:11 GMT -5
As we had discussed the depressing story of Sita, Rama's wife, it was very unfair with her that she was never able spend some good days of her life after getting married to Rama and even after getting released from Ramayana's custody. Even if she would have been seduced by Ramayana, people still did not have the right to blame it on her because she was kidnapped by him, they should be able to consider the fact that if Sita actually did get seduced than it still isn't her fault, she wasn't the one who asked for it, Ramayana could have forcefully done it to her. There were so many other possibilities but why did the people only blame it on Sita when they knew that she was kidnapped by Ramayana? Why did they not think of the situation she was put into? Why always blame the woman and not the man, in this kind of situation?
For those who are not aware of Sita's story or cant recall it :
Sita was not trusted by people for if she had been pure or loyal to her husband while being kidnapped by Ramayana. Ms.Boyd told us that she was failed to prove her loyalty which is why she was thrown into the forest and a few years later when her sons went back to their father, she came to get her sons back and to prove that the kids belonged to Rama and that she had always been a loyal woman she prayed the Gods that to show her purity and loyalty towards her husband and to prove that no other men had touched her, the Gods should take her away and her plea got accepted by the Gods immediately.
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Post by sujeonggg on Nov 4, 2012 2:09:31 GMT -5
I think that's how women were considered at that time ;they had no voice to rebut and they should take all the blames. I think Sita was too weak to win people over as a woman, and failed to prove her loyalty. And I think this story is similar to the one we talked in class that men rape women due to women's temptations. Even though men committed something bad, women still took all the responsibilities.
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Post by seongrae on Nov 4, 2012 3:41:22 GMT -5
The culture matters that women had to get a lot of blames about some kind of results or consequences that were occurred. Man had more power; Rama was a man who almost became an heir for Dasaratha, king. However, by king¡¯s second wife wish, they were sent to forest. Rama or man had power to get women by just proving their strength. Therefore, I think the culture was the reason why Sita got blames.
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Post by cathysjun on Nov 4, 2012 7:09:17 GMT -5
I agree with you that the people shouldn't have questioned Sita's loyalty and believed her after a while. However I think their attitude in the story portrays how women were viewed from that culture. I believe that women were considered inferior in their society.
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Post by sarahlee4 on Nov 4, 2012 7:32:31 GMT -5
Oh I know!!! How is it that women are blamed for this? I thought that was so stupid of Rama because if he truly loved her, then he wpouldnt go by what other people thought, but go by what he believes. This shows how Rama, although known as the ideal man in India, is very insecure and unfaithful to his wife. He should trust her. When it comes down to al relationship, its important to listen to your own heart and not let people influence you because its your own personal matter and you shlould be mature enough to handle it.
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Post by jessicashim2013 on Nov 4, 2012 10:02:52 GMT -5
I also think its because of how society treated women. Women had to be pure and obedient to their husband but men did not have to be like that. People did not believe Sita because they thought that it would be impossible to be loyal to her husban for years even though they were apart. Rama also did not speak up for her.
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Post by juliekim on Nov 8, 2012 5:29:25 GMT -5
I know, it's really unfair that she had to go through all of that just so that she can prove to the people that she wasn't lying. If I were in her position, I wouldn't have cared whether they believe me or not because their opinions don't really matter as long as my conscience is clear. But I think the culture back then required women to care a lot about other people's opinions, especially women in upper class. It was also their culture to be more suspicious about women because they thought them to be in a lower position than men. If something went wrong, it would always be the women who would be blamed first because they're supposedly the "worse" ones. I think it was messed up for Rama to not stand up for her either. Sita couldn't have cleared her name without the help of a man, and Rama could have been that person. But he just chose not to trust her and betray her. That's pretty sad.
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