Chevalier Dr. Kamal Haasanin Mayyam - Part 9

[Russellvzp]

While it is ok and sounds good that this happened, His Holiness got into trouble recently with his openly sexist comment that 'a female dalai lama should be very attractive' - http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...lity-activists

Coming from someone this revered and of his stature, such comments are unacceptable.

it was just a tongue in cheek remark and he was smiling while saying so, hungry media is at it again and so are the critics. guardian is worst.

[irir123]

it was just a tongue in cheek remark and he was smiling while saying so, hungry media is at it again and so are the critics. guardian is worst.

No - 'tongue-in-cheek' remarks by a friend to another friend is vastly different than coming from a man revered by millions across the world and who is looked upon for guidance in so many matters..

We live in different times - a few months ago, a Nobel Laureate called 'pretty women a distraction in research labs' and he had his rear end royally fried; several years ago, another Nobel Laureate was fired from Cold Spring Harbor for commenting that Afro-americans were likely genetically inferior or something to that effect; another renowned astronomy professor's career is as good as over, when a recent 6 months long inquiry (by UC Berkeley) found him guilty on all charges of sexual harassment (serial harassment involving dozens of students/co-workers)..

Popularity brings with it a certain level of responsibility - doesn't matter who it is..

People in the public realm, especially if they are being listened to - cannot afford to make casual remarks slip out - this has nothing to do with the Guardian et al - this is just a reactionary response to centuries old misogyny - of course, it is a different matter that most of these media won't have the guts to point out the blatant misogyny/cruelty towards women in countries like Afghanistan, or many middle-eastern Islamic countries (stoning or decapitating a woman even for suspected adultery) or even in India, where a Muslim woman who was raped by her father-in-law and she was accused of adultery by a local Muslim panchayat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imrana_rape_case)..