WOMEN IN SOCIETY

Women's position in society has always been a matter of controversy. Subordination of women to men is strongly prevalent in patriarchal societies in most parts of the world. It propagates the ideology that motherhood, the responsibility to bear and rear children are the sole duty of women. Women in such societies are assigned an inferior position. They are subjected to discrimination and exploitation in all spheres of human activity. Such an order has evolved as a result of a historical process set in motion by the socioeconomic factors in our society. 

Our family is the most basic social unit. It plays an important role in creating a hierarchical system. Family is the first school that gives the basic lessons. Boys learn to be dominating and aggressive, whereas girls are taught to be caring, loving and submissive. This notion was completely accepted and hence social evils such as early marriage of girls had become very common in our society. Educated women have become aware of this society-imposed male domination at the physical and ideological level. Deliberate initiatives on the part of men and woman have started producing positive results. Endless struggles are being initiated to achieve equality, freedom of women to control their life and bodies, both within the home and outside.

Fathima Safa. V.

I BA Functional English