With all due respect, I think it is you who needs to do his/her homework. You really need to go to the public library to brush up on your ignorance, Lavanya! You said that these rules have been set by God himself. So is God racist now? Because when you say that, you are calling him racist. God saw everyone as equal in his/her eyes. And what makes you think you are any better than that woman? And who says that God has to be a male? It seems like you are a male. You really want to think that way because it seems like you do as it makes you feel better about yourself and superior to women? This rule in itself is so contradictory and racist that it is borderline retarded. India is progressing so much in ever field yet we continue to have such biased and racist and close minded beliefs.