What is the relationship between women's rights and the suppression of desires?
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"Repression twists desire into domination and guilt, but awareness of our natural impulses liberates love, fostering true respect and equality for all, especially women."
According to Osho, when societies try to 'spiritualize' life by suppressing natural desires, the energy does not disappear - it twists into domination, guilt, and possessiveness, which historically fall on women first. Repression breeds control; awareness liberates. By witnessing and understanding desire (rather than denying it), love becomes non-possessive, relationships de-politicize, and the social ground for real respect, equality, and women's rights appears.
If you push down your wants, they turn into control over others—often women; if you understand them, love becomes free and equal.
Why this matters practically
- Notice and witness cravings instead of fighting them to reduce jealousy and control in relationships.
- Cultivate non-possessive love that gives partners equal freedom and voice.
- Support norms and policies that favor awareness over moralistic repression.
- Cultivate non-possessive love that gives partners equal freedom and voice.
- Support norms and policies that favor awareness over moralistic repression.
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