The Rishis have said that women, in particular are false in behaviour. When human beings are such, land when women in particular are described in the Shastras to be false, how, O sire, can there be a union between the sexes for purposes of performing all duties together.
अनृताः स्त्रिय इत्येवं सूत्रकारो व्यवस्यति। यदानृताः स्त्रियस्तात सहधर्मः कुतः स्मृतः॥