Then Venerable Anuruddha went up to the Buddha, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sometimes, sir, with my clairvoyance that’s purified and superhuman, I see that a female—when her body breaks up, after death—is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. How many qualities do females have so that they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell?”

“Anuruddha, when they have five qualities females—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. What five? They’re faithless, shameless, imprudent, angry, and witless. When they have these five qualities females—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.”