Quote by Lama Tsultrim Allione

“Until recently, being a feminist carried something of a stigma. I encountered this myself when I was criticized by my Buddhist teacher for being too feminist, when actually I was trying to bring balance to Buddhism and talk about the empowered feminine, sexual abuse, and patriarchal aspects of Buddhism. Later he changed his view and was very supportive, but it was a challenging time when feminist was a dirty word. Some women have been quick to distance themselves from that title, afraid of being labeled an angry feminist and being unattractive to men. But if you ask those same women who say they are not feminists if they believe in equal pay for equal work, reproductive freedom, and protection from male violence, most will say yes of course. So actually they are feminists, but afraid of being seen as anti-male.”

Quote by Lama Tsultrim Allione