This week has been one filled with spiritual ‘gurus’ saying extremely bizarre things about women and their bodies. The latest entry in this list is Jaggi Vasudev, aka Sadhguru.



What did he say? “If a woman delivers a male child, the quality of the milk that she produces is in a certain way. If she delivers a female child the quality of the milk is totally different,” said the spiritual guru and founder of Isha Foundation. “If she delivers twins, one male and one female, one breast will ‘ooze’ a certain type of milk, another breast will ooze another kind of milk. This is the level of intelligence invested in this body.”

We’re so mindfucked just reading this. Is he saying that a woman’s breasts are sexist? Or is he implying that our breasts are like a chocolate milkshake machine with different flavours? Or is it both?

"When a woman delivers twins, one breast will produce one type of milk and the other will produce other type of milk" - Actual quote from Jaggi



This guy is invited to national conference of Gynaecologists as a speaker. pic.twitter.com/ZaZgHzpt3K — Indian Atheists (@IndianAtheists) February 16, 2020

Twitterati, predictably, had a field day. Memes and witty comebacks flooded the internet, where all ridiculed the godman for his bizarre views on women’s bodies. Many were speculating over what would happen if a woman had more than two babies per birth. Would she miraculously spout more breasts that will “ooze” a third kind of milk?

Also women who give birth to more than two kids, will grow more breasts accordingly.



SadGuru — Clueless (@Sa_Beeee) February 16, 2020





Misogyny masquerading as science

While the Twitter retorts are decidedly hilarious, this is no laughing matter. Sadhguru has a large following of people who believe every word he says. This is very dangerous. We cannot have misogyny being disguised as science. We’re just institutionalising the oppression of women. Many misogynists will now claim that even “science” supports the idea that women are not equal.

He's neither a gynecologist nor mother of twins.... how did he know??



Kya baat hai dhongi baba ji....🤐🤐 — RK (@RK_Insight) February 17, 2020

As it is, this week, 68 women hostellers in the Bhuj Institute in Gujarat were forcibly made to take off their underwear to prove that they were not menstruating so that they could have access to the common kitchen. Then, it emerged that the leader of the sect running this institute had said that women who cook while on their period will be reborn as a female dog in their next life!

What’s even more disturbing is the fact that Sadhguru has been invited to be a speaker at a national conference of gynaecologists. We wonder, what will he say there? He is neither a gynaec nor a medical professional. Even after making crazy statements about women’s bodies, he is still being invited to speak at a conference for doctors whose job it is to treat women and their ailments.

Godmen should stick to preaching philosophy and spirituality. Doctors and scientists dedicate their entire lives to understanding the human body. They shouldn’t be represented by a man who hasn’t done even a miniscule fraction of the work that doctors do on a daily basis.

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