Collin, I like what you said about Rāma himself being the perpetrator of continued gender roles throughout the Eastern Hemisphere. It's so true that the narrative traditions that we are exposed to influence how we ourselves view the world and develop our perceptions of gender and gender hierarchy.
The Rāmāyaṇa and Its Benefit to Men
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