Gender Asymmetry and Nuns’ Agency in the Asian Buddhist Traditions

• Autres auteurs: Schneider, Nicola (Éditeur intellectuel)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Sujets: Religion & beliefs; Buddhism; Buddhist nuns; gender asymmetry; education; ordination; Asia
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In Buddhist monasticism, women are relegated to second rank, mainly for two reasons: first, they do not always have access to the same level of education as their male counterparts and are therefore not credited with the same learning (erudition); second, in some countries, they are excluded from on...