At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī, in Ghosita’s Monastery.
Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why females don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia?”
“Ānanda, females are irritable,
jealous,
stingy,
and unintelligent.
This is the cause, this is the reason why females don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia.”