Reflective Tag

India has a huge gender gap between men and women brought about by specific gender roles within the culture. India is definitely based off a paternal society where women are seen more as objects then people. These ideals cause a dangerous environment for women through neglect, abuse, and murder.

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India has a very noticeable gender gap between males and females which causes problems primarily for women in that country. The women are seen as subservient to men and are meant to do work in the house. When women violate these roles they are often subject to threats, harassment, and murder. In some areas women do agricultural work, in these cases the women have a higher status then the domesticated women. It seems like there is a link between economic productivity and social status which is similar to chieftain and tribal communities.

The negative feelings toward females also leads to the neglect of girls through insufficient feeding and ignoring illness. A lot of the time these unwanted females die because of the neglect. Now that there is new technology such as ultrasound which can determine the sex of the baby inside of the womb the rate of abortion of female fetuses has increased. There are laws that make it illegal to use sonograms but those cases are rarely looked at so it doesn’t really stop doctors from administering the test.

The government has been trying to get rid of child marriage, sati, and dowry but these practices still remain problems even today. There are numerous reports of these outlawed practices especially having to do with dowry’s in spite of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Literacy rates are also very low in India being 24.8 percent of females can read and 46.5 percent of males. This makes it unlikely that these people are aware of the law and the people who are aware are given social pressure to follow with traditional behavior.