WOMS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dowry Death, Honor Killing, Sex Tourism
19 May 2017
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The origins of women"s unequal status and the making of the patriarchal ideal. Women"s low status and power figure 2. 1. Control over economic resources creates female dependency. Women aren"t good workers, they do not go after higher paying jobs, they take pregnancy leave. Women work more in the home versus men are working more in the public sphere the private work seems less valuable as it is unpaid. Women are viewed as commodities objectified. Bringing in women as wives for men. Property of my father who then gives me away to a husband. Violence against women (and girls) vaw. Gendered: reinforce the lower status of women. Domestic/intimate partner violence, dowry murder, honor killing, sexual. Impacts women"s lives because it affects where you can go/ what time. Male jobs are more respected than jobs more often taken by women (ex: teaching) More economic power to take care of the family when daughter marries and leaves.
