Gender Discrimination

Family & Society- child discrimination, infanticide, foeticide, no independent identity(father, husband, children), patrilocality, women status changes after marriage, early marriage, dowry, harassment, rape, eve-teasing
Language - feminist language reflect social psyche, a word denoting power identified with male - chairman, abusive words associated with female, demands a gender-neutral word
Economy - equal wage, domestic work, unproductive work, glass ceiling, an inheritance of property, dependent on another gender
Politics - low representation, an important post like a head of state by male
Religion - discrimination in rituals, temple entry, laws, men head of a religious sect
Edu & Health - denial, low-quality education, nutrition , health neglect
Draupadi - example

Biological - sex in nature, gender in social
Moral - individuals in end in itself
Social - harmful for society, 50 % population subjugated, foeticide, disbalance, SR, problems, crime, bride buying, family sys
Political - low political participation - x justice - x political ideals
The economic - eco potential of half of its member, utilitarian ground w/o gender justice
Humanism moral worth human dignity
SDG - 5
Indian civilization - sustained - due to women equality

B. R. Ambedkar - I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
Educate one man, and you educate a person, but educate a woman and you educate a whole civilization"- MG
Women are not a secondary gender, they are primary gender through which all gender takes birth.
Female Foeticide

Women Empowerment.

Transform from developing to developed
Sustainable development
Empowerment - job, maternity leave (France - good birth rate (gender discrimination) vs japan - aging population )
West Asia - opening - for social reform,
Sense of s worth
R to power to control their own lives, both within outside homme
Ability to influence direction of social change to create a just social eco order nationally , internationally

Shruti