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What happens to the spiritual life of a young girl who is made to understand, consciously or subconsciously, that she has no place in the spiritual domain except as a consumer of someone else’s God?

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Sister Joan D. Chittister is an American Benedictine nun, theologian, and advocate. She has written more than sixty books focusing both on monasticism and interfaith issues such as peace, justice, and equality, especially for women in church and society.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Conversation About “Equality Between Men and Women in Buddhism”

Sylvia Wetzel introduces the subject of “Striving for Equality Between Women & Men in Buddhism” for a response from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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The Heart of the Lotus: A Buddhist Perspective on Women’s Inner and Outer Liberation

Women have to read patriarchal teachings critically "with the eyes of a woman". The Heart of the Lotus presents central teachings of Buddhism and describes traps we fall into, if we do not consider our cultural background and our biological sex and social gender.

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Gender Issues in Spiritual Life