History
Vedics - honored as mothers, more freedom
Brahmas - rituals required sons, marriage was duty of women
Upanisads - ascetics viewed women as temptresses
Religion
Serve husbands, two-finger knowledge
Social
Not fit for independence, needed protection by men
Buddha = discovered new universal law (Dhamma) fit for others, male or female
Criticisms
Anti-feminism, misogynist
Taken out of social context at time of Canon
Monks warned about being tempted by women