For early male-dominated Buddhism, women were the main stimulator of lust in monks and cause of straying by monks into sexual indulgence or departure from their group, so it is no wonder that the scriptures say that women should be seen as rotting snakes, dogs, feces and dirt.
對於早期以男性為主的佛教而言，女人是撩動一個比丘情慾的主因，肇使比丘犯下淫戒，甚或離開僧團，難怪經典中要將女人做蛇蠍糞土一般的形容。