Explorations in Religious Identity (RE 300 WR)

Women are not a monolith, and that's a good thing to draw attention to. High caste and low caste women are both women, but have experiences miles apart. A brahmin woman is going to have an opinion of the Ramayana very different from the "doubly oppressed" lower caste women that read the Ramayana. Women's Ramayanas are more focused on women's issues. That being said, the women's experiences of a brahmin woman will be with less trials and tribulations that a lower caste woman, perhaps. A brahmin woman is going to most likely have a smoother pregnancy than a lower caste woman, for example.