G) When thinking of 2 different gender systems, the best example that i can think of is the difference between say females here in america, and in India. (if i understand correctly??) Here in America women are free and have many rights. We can vote, dress how we please, etc... In the Indian culture women do not have nearly as much. THey must dress head to toe cover everyday when going out, they are bearly allowed to show their face, many women wear veils. Also many of them don't work (they are not allowed to) they dont have much, if any, education because the men want to keep them inferior to them. Also in India men can marry many women and thatis just appart of their cultures. Here in America if a man were to even be with more than one women that would be severly looked down apon. I dont even think you are allowed to be married to multiple people in America. (but dont hold me to that :) I feel like india and parts of the middle east are how America used to be a long time ago,and worse. Women are so limited compared to how women live here. In india a women must be married in order to even survive. She cant get a job, so no money, no house, no food, etc... Here there are so many women that are divourced or just not married yet that have full time jobs, own their own homes and property, cars and live fine on their own. With all of this in mind i think that these systems are very differnt! and that a persons gender is persuaded very much so by the culture in which they are raised.
H) Google, and my own knowledge (my mother works with many women from India)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
India is a very diverse place, keep in mind. Some of what you wrote sounds like potentially ethnocentric representations of Indian gender systems to me. But I'm not an expert in that area. Citing your mother is really not adequate for academic writing. I'm sure she really is knowledgeable but there's no reference I can turn to in order to confirm your information.
Post a Comment