Men Asked for Forgiveness

At the end of this lesson, three men came into the group of woman at the training and asked forgiveness on behalf of men for the pain men had caused women. They then gave each woman a white rose. There was hardly a dry eye. Women in this part of the world suffer greatly and are blamed for quite a lot, especially the daughters-in-law: for family misfortune, for not getting pregnant, for not producing a male child, etc.

The response from one of the harsher conference attendees was: “We need to ask forgiveness on behalf of women for all the pain we cause men.” A realization that the unkindness and need for repentance goes both ways.