An interview with the Huffington
Post
reveals that females in Thailand are not allowed to be ordained as monks. About
93% of Thailand’s population is Buddhist and only 100 females are monks
compared to the 300,000 males that are monks.
Female monks comment that there is a lot of misogyny
deep rooted in Thailand’s Buddhism. For example, there are a lot of sexist
teachings that are not in the original texts or a lot has been left out to
favor men being monks. Venerable Dhammananda adds that “they don’t listen to
the Bhudda carefully”.
Thailand is so against female monks that they have
even been attacked. These female monks fear for their life every time they go
out for their morning walks blessing the community and receiving food.
Male monks retaliate with the explanation that women
are too sensitive and not disciplined enough “to endure the hardships of a
monk”, especially living in a temple, being abstinent and isolated from
society.
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