Category: Gender Sociology

  • Rural Women Education and their Problems in India

    Rural Women Education and their Problems in India

    The literacy rate for women in India is 39% whereas 64% for men with less than 40%of the 330 million women aged seven and above is literate, according to 1991 census which calculates to around 200 million women are illiterate in India. Illiterate women in rural areas show poor nutritional status, high level of fertility,…

  • Explanation on Gender identity

    Gender identity: Studying about how gender interacts with other social forces in society and how it relates to social structure overall is very important to understand society. We know social interaction is what helps maintain a social structure. We can consider ‘status’ as one of the important structure as it determines how a particular person…

  • Essay on Misogynistic Beliefs and Misogyny

    In 1947, after fighting and prolonged struggling against cruel Britishers India got freedom. Many fighters sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the India, not only from the colonial rule but also to set free Indians from the handcuffs of social orthodox. No offense to say that, India’s pace towards the development in the field…

  • Domestic Violence : Meaning, Causes and Types

    Domestic violence has been greatly neglected by the psychologists and sociologists. The issue came much into the mainstream with the television program called Satyamev Jayate titled” danger at home”. According to a survey done by the Ministry of Health and FamiWelfare, Government of India and the planning commission in 2013 it was revealed at around…