AP Board 10th Class Social Political Science Notes 3rd Lesson Gender, Religion and Caste
→ A system in which all work inside the home is done by the women.
→ Men do all the work outside the home.
→ Women all over the world fought for equal rights in the feminist movements.
→ In Scandinavian countries the participation of women in public life is very high.
→ Ours is still a male-dominated patriarchal society.
→ Women face disadvantage, discrimination and oppression in various ways.
→ On an average, an Indian woman works one hour more than an average man every day.
→ The Equal Remuneration Act 1976 provides that equal wages should be paid to equal work.
→ There are reports of various kinds of harassment, exploitation and violence against women.
→ In India, the proportion of women in legislature has been very low.
→ Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from politics.
→ Women’s movement has argued that family laws of all religions discriminate against women.
→ Communal politics is based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of social community.
→ Political mobilisation on religious lines is another frequent form of communalism.
→ There is no official religion for the Indian state.
→ The constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.
→ Caste system was based on exclusion of and discrimination against the outcaste groups.
→ Political parties and candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiment to muster support.
→ No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste.
→ No party wins the votes of all the voters of a caste or community.
→ Each caste group tries to become bigger by incorporating within it neighbouring castes or subcastes which were earlier excluded from it.
→ Caste politics has helped people from Dalits and OBC castes to gain better access to decision making.
→ in some cases, caste division leads to tensions, conflict and even violence.
→ Hierarchical : A system in which people or things are put at various levels or ranks according to their importance.
→ Sexual division of labour : Work is divided between males and females according to their gender.
→ Stereotypes : A fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or thing, but which is often not true in reality.
→ Agitations : The situation in which people protest or argue, especially in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change.
→ Feminist : A woman or a man who believes in equal rights and opportunities for women and men.
→ Mobilisation : The action of a country or its government preparing and organising troops for active service.
→ Scandinavian : In general Scandinavia denotes Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
→ Patriarchy : A system of society in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
(OR)
Rule by father. Men have more value in the family over women.
→ Drop out : A female child who leaves the school before completing a qualification.
→ Remuneration : Money paid for work or a service.
→ Sex-ratio : Number of girl children per 1000 boys.
→ Family law : The laws which deal with family related matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance etc. .
→ Urbanisation : The population of urban area is increasing by migration of rural people to cities.
(OR)
Shift of population from rural areas to urban areas.
→ Occupational mobility : Shift from one occupation to another.
→ Caste hierarchy : All the caste groups are placed from the “highest” to “lowest” castes.
→ Secular state : A state which has no official religion of its own is known as the secular state.
→ Untouchability : A state of affairs in which some backward and lower caste people are treated as outcaste people, treated as untouchables and are not allowed to mingle with so- called upper caste.