Gender discrimination means
discriminatory treatment against the female. it begins with the birth of the
female child. The worst sufferers are the divorced women and the widows. The
main reason of this degrading situation is that the women are not wage-earners
and they have to depend on the male members of the family for their livelihood.
The. other reasons lie in the familial and social attitudes. The parents think
that the female child will go away into another family as wife in due course of
time and will not contribute anything to the-family welfare. The society
considers the women to be weaker in strength and wisdom. So, they are faced
with discrimination in the spheres of employment and career building. Society
also thinks that their duty is to do household chores and rear up children. So,
they are not allowed to go out of home and are not given the light of
education. As such they cannot develop strong personality and are not
associated in decision making. A female child is welcomed in the family with
disaffection, because she is regarded as nothing more than a burden and a
liability. This problem of gender discrimination can be solved by creating
general awareness among the people about the talents and importance of the
female and removing social superstition prevailing against them. When the women
will be properly educated, they will be in a position to prove their worth and
then the
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