"A devotee asked, "Srila Prabhupada, what are the dancers on the stage?" Earlier that day, a group of young women from a Bengal village had been dancing and playing mridanga in the temple, and some of the devotees had questioned whether it was appropriate to see them. Srila Prabhupada replied that women should not appear on the stage for dramatic performances. Men should play women's roles. He said that in India it was done that way earlier; women's roles were played by children. Only later women were introduced to female roles. Prabhupada said no respectable woman would do, so they did prostitutes." https://www.facebook.com/reel/6513166638396