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Related: About this forumDalai Lama: A Female Dalai Lama Must Be Attractive, 'Otherwise Not Much Use'
Around 4:50 in the video, journalist Clive Myrie asks if there will be a 15th incarnation of the Dalai Lama after himand if so, could the next Dalai Lama be a woman?
Yes! he replied. The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection... and compassion.
The Dalai Lama said that a reporter in Paris had asked him the same question awhile back, and he had responded similarly.
Today in a more troubled world, I think females should take more important roles, and then I told that reporter, if a female Dalai Lama comes, their face should be very attractive.
So you can only have a female Dalai Lama if theyre attractive? Is that what youre saying? asked Myrie, trying valiantly to let him take it back.
I mean if female Dalai Lama come, then that female must be very attractive, otherwise not much use.
Youre joking, Im assuming, says Myrie. Or youre not joking?
No. True!
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DetlefK
(16,423 posts)- Attractive people are more successful on the job.
- We get endless media-coverage about the looks of Palin, Fiorina and Clinton.
- During a press-conference of russian cosmonauts, the male cosmonauts were asked technical/scientific questions about life in zero-gravity. The female cosmonaut was asked how she does her make-up in zero-gravity.
The world is sexist. And a female Dalai Lama would have to be attractive to be effective on the job. It's not sexist to admit that.
zazen
(2,978 posts)"His Holiness" seems to be operating out of a helluva lot of the conditioning he's supposedly the exemplar of transcending.
I can't say I'm surprised. I've encountered plenty of sexism among some Western Buddhists. It's insidious because of how the language of non-dualism can be used to proactively silence dissent (e.g., if we call out a sexist comment we're just acting out of "ego" or something.)
enough
(13,237 posts)cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)As in "Be the change you want to see in the world."
But sexism is just a part of our reality that we need to accept?
No thanks. I'll keep trying to change it.
rug
(82,333 posts)cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)You have a nice day.
rug
(82,333 posts)Once again, you have demonstrated that are incapable of placing a post on Democratic Underground that does not have a personal comment in it.
longship
(40,416 posts)It is often difficult to discern the message from DU headlines. Luckily we have our iNews 5000 WiFi Headline Translator. Let's fire it up and feed it a headline...
Dalai Lama: A Female Dalai Lama Must Be Attractive, 'Otherwise Not Much Use'
Spring, sprong, bing, bong, boingggg, DING!
Translation: Dalai Lama expresses sincere devotion to the men rights movement.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)It's still an unexpected and disgusting remark
gcomeau
(5,764 posts)....I will allow the possibility we have an actual translation issue here.
longship
(40,416 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)What are the chances the 277th Pope will be a woman? How about the 500th Pope?
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)He would be universally denounced for his overt sexist idiocy, and rightly so. But the beloved Dalai Lama inserts his foot into his mouth and the devotees perform gyrations 'splaining why it is just fine.