He says that Indian art "shows active sexual love between two people in which the woman is as active as the man, the actions of each absorb each other." (53) One of the main differences between Indian art and European art is that Indian art gives equal respect to men and women, considers women equal to men and therefore portrays them as “as active as man”. On the other hand, European art gives men power over women, portrays women as weak and delicate creatures, and has a distinct role for women; flatter men. The relationship between men and women in European society is also discussed in Laura Mulvey's article “Visual Pleasure and Narrative