Question

Brief analyse the role and status of Women in Sikhism( 15 Mark's)​

Answer 1

Answer:

It is generally said that the state of development of a society can be judged from the status a woman occupies in it. A woman performs a number of roles in the family, community and the wider social system. Her status in the society is determined by her composite status depending upon her various positions and roles. To an extent, it also depends upon her consciousness of her own status. In the final analysis, the status is "the conjunction of positions a woman occupiesas a worker, student, wife, motherthe power and prestige attached to these positions and the rights and duties she is expected to exercise".1 The status of a woman can best be measured by the extent of control that she has over her own life, derived from access to knowledge, economic resources and political power and the degree of autonomy enjoyed by her in the process of decision making and choice at crucial points in the life cycle.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

IN GENERAL :-)

Sikhs are obligated to treat women as equals, and gender discrimination in Sikh society has no religious basis. ... Though equality for women has always been a major attribute of Sikhism and a great number of women have made significant contributions, it is important to note that it is still a work in progress.

IN EXPLANATIONED WAY:-)

According to Sikhism, men and women are two sides of the same human coin. There is a system of interrelationship and interdependence whereby man is born of women, and women are born of man's seed. By these doctrines a man cannot feel secure and complete in his life without a woman, and man's success is proportional to the love and support of the woman who shares her life with him (and vice versa).The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, reportedly said in 1499 that "[it] is a woman who keeps the race going" and that we should not "consider woman cursed and condemned, [when] from woman are born leaders and kings."

The Sikh Faith from its inception has upheld the equality for and dignity of women. Guru Nanak, the founding Guru of the Sikh Faith, emphasized the dignity of women in a way that was ahead of his time. Guru Nanak stated:

“From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to a woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her bad from whom kings are born. From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all. O Nanak, only the Creator is without a woman. That mouth which praises the Creator continually is blessed and beautiful. O Nanak, those faces shall be radiant in the Court of the Creator." – Translated into English from Gurmukhi, Guru Nanak in Raag Aasaa, Guru Granth Sahib pp 473

There are many examples of women who are considered models of service and sacrifice throughout Sikh history, such as Mata Gujri, Mai Bhago, Mata Sundari, Rani Sahib Kaur, Rani Sada Kaur and Maharani Jind Kaur.