Ashtavakra said How is it, O good lady that you are your own mistress? Tell me the reason of this. There is not a single woman in the three worlds who can be considered as the mistress of her own self.
अष्टवक्र उवाच स्वतन्त्रा त्वं कथं भद्रे बूहि कारणमत्र वै। नास्ति त्रिलोके स्त्री काचिद् या वै स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति॥