In India, Chanakya (also known as Kautaliya) is considered to be a great philosopher, military strategist & a ruthless advisor, whose primary interest lay in safeguarding his country & the safety & prosperity of the people.

Chanakya Neeti is one of Chanakya's greatest works (along with Arthashastra, his ancient treatise on running a kingdom).

Think of his philosophy as The Art of War meets Machiavelli meets The 48 Laws of Power.

In his book 'Chanakya Neeti', Chanakya drops massive red pills on all sorts of topics, but his quotes on women are by far the best part.

Just goes to show how timeless these RP truths are.

Leftist criticism of his work through a contemporary moral lens makes him sound like a misogynist, and ancient India as a very regressive place, but is it more likely that ancient India was a culturally & politically extremely advanced civilization who tried & failed the experiment with female empowerment & liberalisation, and thus ultimately swallowed the Red Pill & integrated it into their social & cultural fabric.

I believe it'll benefit the community immensely to read & discuss his work, & this is my way of giving back for what I've gained from RP.

1.      Chanakya starts the 2nd Chapter of this book with the following words:

"Untruthfulness, rashness, guile, stupidity, avarice, uncleanliness and cruelty are a woman's seven natural flaws."

  2.      In Chapter 14 (Couplet no.11), Chanakya writes

"We should always deal cautiously with fire, water, women, foolish people, serpents, and members of a royal family; for they may, when the occasion presents itself, at once bring about our death."

3.      In Chapter 1 (Couplet no.15), Chanakya says

"Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family."

  4.      In Chapter 1 (Couplet no.17), Chanakya says

"Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men."

  5. In Chapter 17 (Couplet no. 9), Chanakya writes

"The woman who fasts and observes religious vows without the permission of her husband shortens his life, and goes to hell."

6.  In Chapter 17 (Couplet no. 10), Chanakya writes

"A woman does not become holy by offering charity, by observing hundreds of fasts, or by sipping sacred water, as by sipping the water used to wash her husband’s feet."

7. In Chapter 8 (Couplet no. 8), Chanakya says

"Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband."

8. In Chapter 12 (Couplet no. 18), Chanakya says

"Courtesy should be learned from princes, the art of conversation from pandits, lying should be learned from gamblers and deceitful ways should be learned from women."  

  1. In Chapter 14 (Couplet no. 10), Chanakya says

"It is ruinous to be familiar with the king, fire, the religious preceptor, and a woman. To be altogether indifferent to them is to be deprived of the opportunity to benefit ourselves, hence our association with them must be from a safe distance."

  10. In Chapter 17 (Couplet no. 14), Chanakya says

"The eating of tundi fruit deprives a man of his sense, while the vacha root administered revives his reasoning immediately. A woman at once robs a man of his vigour while milk at once restores it."

  1. In Chapter 16 (Couplet no. 2), Chanakya says

"The heart of a woman is not united; it is divided. While she is talking with one man, she looks lustfully at another and thinks fondly of a third in her heart."

  12. In Chapter 11 (Couplet no. 5), Chanakya says

"He who is engrossed in family life will never acquire knowledge; there can be no mercy in the eater of flesh; the greedy man will not be truthful; and purity will not be found in a woman or a hunter."

Tl;dr: Ancient RP wisdom by the OG Indian MGTOW scholar/philosopher