Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 1: Arjuna's Despair
Bhagavad Gita 1.41
अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः ।
स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः ॥
adharmābhibhavātkṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ | strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ ||
When lawlessness prevails, Krishna, the women of the family are corrupted; and when the women are corrupted, Varshneya, the social orders become mixed.
Modern context
Arjuna speaks here with the social assumptions of his age, and the Gita records them as his words, not as its teaching; Krishna does not take up this argument. What remains true in it is plain enough: when war removes a generation of men, the women and children left behind are the ones exposed to every kind of harm.