World Sociology- Gender inequality
- Created by: Shalin
- Created on: 01-01-13 22:40
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- Gender
- lack of education
- 2/3 of 960mil are illiterate women
- Focus on marriage and kids
- education not priority
- lack of reproductive rights
- women can't decide when or quanity
- males have right to decide
- cant make decision about abortion or contraception
- role= mother, dependant on male
- feminization poverty
- 70% of 1.5bn women live on <1$ a day
- denied access to land, credit or inheritance
- pirdah/burkha
- Africa- women children make up children casualties/refugees
- Islamic countries women cover head to toe
- prevents active role in political, social and economic life
- female mutilation
- 6000 girls a day, gential cutting, ******** removed in africa
- future mother in law checks the girl before allowing to son to marry her
- enhances husbands enjoyment
- dowry burning
- men burn women alive so they remarry and attract a new dowry
- Occurs rural india, 5-10 women die a day
- female infanticide
- religious stress on male child
- leads to killing of female child, esp in india/china
- lack of education
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