Gender Religion and Caste Notes for Class 10th

 Gender Religion and Caste Notes

Sexual Division of Labour

A System in which all work inside the home is either done by the women of the family, organised by them through the domestic helpers.

Patriarchy

Literally ruled by father, this concept is used to refer to a system that values men more and give them power over women.

The result of division of labour is that although women constitute half of humanity, there role in public like especially politics is minimal in most societies. Earlier, only men were allowed to participate in public affairs vote and contest for public office. Gradually the gender issue was raised in politics. They were demanding enhancing the political and legal status of women improving the educational and career opportunities.

Feminist Movements

Most radical women movements aimed at quality in personal and family life as well. These movements are feminist movements.

Feminist

1.   In Scandinavian countries such as Sweden, Norway and Finland, the participation of women in public life is very high.

2.    In our country women still lag behind men despite some improvement since independence.

3.   Men and women both believe in equal rights.

Women Status in India

1.    Literacy:- The literacy rate among women is lower as compared to men according to census 2011 total literacy rate is 74.04% in which male literacy rate is 82.14% and female literacy rate is 65.46%.

 

2.    Unpaid Works: - Average Indian women works 1 hour more than an average men but remains unpaid for work done at home.

 

3.    Child Sex Ratio: - In many parts of India, parents prefer sons and find wages to have girl child aborted before she is born. This type of sex selective abortion has lead to a decline in child sex ratio.

 

4.    Violence against women: - In India, various kinds of various kinds of harassment, exploitation and violence are common against women. In urban areas violence against women has increased. In recent year women are not safe even in their home from domestic violence.

 

Communalism

Communalism is a situation when particular community tries to promote its own interest at the cost of other communities.

Forms of Communalism in Politics

1.    The most common expression of communalism is in every belief that religions prejudges, stereotypes of religious communities and believes in the superiority of one’s religion over other religions.

 

2.    The common mind often wants to dominant once own religious community.

 

3.    Political mobilisation on religious lines is frequent from law of communalism.

 

4.    Sometimes communalism takes it ugliest form in communal, violence, rough and measure.

 

Secular State: - Secular state is a state which has no official religion of its own. The secular state provides religious equality and equal status to all religion.

 

Caste and Politics

1.    Caste inequalities

2.    Untouchable

3.    Breaking the odd nations of castes

Untouchable: - Untouchable is the state of affairs in which some backward and lower caste people treat as outcaste people on untouchable. They are not allowed to mingle with the so called Upper caste.

 

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