Status of Women in India

Abstract

"The biological fact of sex has created many differences between men and women. Their aims, desires, duties, behavioural patterns, dress styles, roles and statuses are often different. Nowhere in the history of humankind were they treated alike and assigned equal status. In spite of their urge for equality, women could not achieve equal status on par with men. The type of status assigned to women often reflects the nature of cultural richness and symbolizes its level of progress. However, in almost every society, women were subjected to inequality, discrimination and exploitation."