TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nilanjana Bhowmick
TI  - LIES OUR MOTHERS TOLD US : Indian Women's Burden
SN  - 9789391047733
U1  - 305.40954 
PY  - 2022////01/01
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Rupa Publications
KW  - Indian Women's- Sociology
KW  - Social Status- Equality
KW  - Feminism- Writings
KW  - Social Status of Womens in India
KW  - Women- Family and Marriage
N1  - Savitribai Phule, Mahasweta Devi, Amrita Pritam, Medha Patkar, Kamla Bhasin, and countless others have, since the nineteenth century, fought for and won equal rights for Indian women in a variety of areas—universal suffrage, inheritance and property rights, equal remuneration, prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace, and others. Pioneering feminists believed that due to these hard-won rights, their daughters and granddaughters would have the opportunity to have rewarding careers, participate in the social and political growth of the country, gain economic independence, and become equal partners in their marriages. On paper, it would appear that the lot of Indian women in the twenty-first century has vastly improved but, in reality, the demands of capitalism and the persistence of patriarchal attitudes have meant that they continue to lead lives that are hard and unequal, especially when compared to their male counterparts.


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