Quote by Gaiutra Bahadur Download Open image ““as devadasis (prostitutes dedicated to temples or, literally, “servants of god”)”” — Gaiutra Bahadur ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Remember that you must behave as at a banquet. Is anything brought round to you? Put out your hand, and take a moderate share.… — Epictetus Epictetus Copy Share Image
The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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The light of the sacred prostitute penetrates to the heart of this darkness. . . . she is the consecrated priestess, in the temple,… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
“Some are exploited by God himself, and they are prophets and saints in this vacuous world.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“When innocent and virtuous men liked to have gods as witnesses of their actions, they lived with them in the same huts. But having… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
At the birth of society and civilisation I find a religious landscape littered with feisty female deities who make wisdom their business. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“Love of the absolute engenders a predilection for self-destruction. Hence the passion for monasteries and brothels. Cells and women, in both cases. Weariness with… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“And one bite, and I’m their slave?” – Sundown “Exactly.” – Sin “And who thought this would be a good idea?” – Sundown “Don’t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“But the religious texts do describe—some have said, prescribe—the disfigurement of women who transgress sexually.23” — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
“Throughout the archives, repeatedly they face the classic insinuation against victims of sexual assault. The” — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
“Everywhere around us, they spoke in a dialect so private, so intimate to my ears, that every time they opened their mouths, there was… — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
“The faithful read the gopis’ ecstatic and erotic love for Krishna as an allegory for the soul’s longing for God, a pining sweet with… — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
“managers in Vrindaban were often sexually abused and exploited.20” — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
“the woman who willingly shepherded her children into the wooded dark to meet strange men but then blamed it all on a procuress?” — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that my great-grandmother would not want me to know why and how she left?” — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
“Either the woman was incredibly malleable and naive—or she may have been open to enticement, no matter what she told the authorities. Hers is… — Gaiutra Bahadur Copy Share Image
