Women fasting (which is a sure shot way to get a boon in Hinduism in general aswell, fyi. We fast for a lot of different things, both men and women.) in order to please a Goddess (the one who governs a woman’s married life) so that she would protect her husband, something she is doing on her accord is actually against them.
Something that they themselves invented back when men’s lives were under a lot of mortality risk (which is why ancient scriptures don’t speak of it) is invented to oppress them
Something that when you practice, you’re most likely to hear “iski kya zaroorat hai? Jee to rha hu main.” (“Whats even the need? I’m fine am I not?”) from the guy you’re doing it for is actually patriarchal.
Something that women genuinely enjoy because of how (as I’ve heard women around me say) they get to play dress up, don’t have to do any housework, get to meet up with friends and have fun, get treated to a great dinner at night, are pampered by their husbands, is regressive to them.
Something they have been doing since ages for their own peace of mind is oppressing them
Maybe you guys come from different regions and have experienced stuff that makes you think its regressive, of course coupled with whatever social evils exist where you come from ( tbh, even I don’t believe that one should fast for the long life of someone whose an ass to you or won’t do the same for you when need arises. Heck, I don’t even believe in fasting if u don’t want to, which many women do.), but the truth is, the practice itself has nothing to do with misogyny all the way to its origin. Women who still observe despite coming from open minded households do it on their own accord after all.
Don’t even get me started on how fasting is not observed just by women. There’s millions of hindu men out there who have fasted for their wives’ well being in times of sickness and peril (including my own grandfather) , on regular weekday or lunar calender oriented dates. Western India even has the Ashunya Shayan fast where Husbands fast for their wives and marital bliss. The difference is while there’s a specified day for women to do the same annually, it has been labelled poorly by those who don’t even realise its roots.
Let Hindu Women be. You guys made your own choice and opinion, but forcing it down other people’s throat isn’t making you a feminist, its making you an asshole.
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Karwa Chauth is a festival celebrated by Hindu women of Northern and Western India on the fourth day after Purnima (a full moon) in the month of Kartika.
Meaning –Karva = ‘pot’ (a small earthen pot of water) & Chauth = ‘fourth’.
Observed by –Married Hindu Women, Sometimes unmarried Hindu women.
The married women keep the fast of Karva Chauth for the longevity of their husbands. Married women…
Karwa Chauth 2024: करवा चौथ का व्रत हिंदू धर्म में विवाहित महिलाओं के लिए अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण माना जाता है। इसे पति की लंबी आयु, अच्छे स्वास्थ्य, और सुखमय वैवाहिक जीवन की कामना के साथ रखा जाता है। यह निर्जला व्रत है, जिसमें महिलाओं को अन्न और जल ग्रहण करने की अनुमति नहीं होती। करवा चौथ के दिन सूर्योदय से लेकर चंद्रोदय तक व्रत किया जाता है और रात में चंद्र दर्शन के बाद व्रत का पारण किया जाता है। इस वर्ष करवा चौथ 20 अक्टूबर, 2024 को मनाया जाएगा।
Genuinely asking as to why is it that people see Karwa Chauth repressive? Like where I come from its a choice, my grandma never fasted, mum does it on her own violition and I just find the idea romantic (and I’m a religious nut) ? Is it actually forced/pressured onto people in some areas?
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