Misogynistic much?

[Pasanna]

A similar discussion has been had here

AN 5.55, quite an odd sutta

Just a point on translation here. Pali uses two words for “woman”: itthi and mātugāma. But there is peculiarity of usage. Often we find itthi is used in apposition to purisa, in the regular sense of “woman” and “man”. Note, though, that unlike English, the word for “woman” is quite independent and is not a derived form from “man”. Mātugāma is typically not contrasted with purisa, but with bhikkhu. And typically in such contexts she is seen as a temptress or threat to a bhikkhu’s chastity. The…

and if you search the word mātugāma you will find other threads on this theme.

It’s not great!

I have suggested maybe mātugāma, in certain contexts, could be translated as ‘vixen’ (meaning both a seductress and just an attractive woman). The more I think about the harder it is to totally back my own argument though.