Roles of Women in Indian Religions
Although the general concept of marriage is universal, the roles in which each partner plays vary from culture to culture. ... Two of these different takes on marital relations in Indian society are depicted in Stephanie Jamison’s Sacrificed Wife, Sacrificer’s Wife and Vatsayana Mallanaga’s Kamasutra. ... This is just more evidence that Jamison uses to show that although there is an underlying recognition of the vital role of women in an institution of marriage, on the surface, the male-centered society still remains prominent.