Question

Briefly describe the status of women in pre-colonial India.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Women were recognised only as wives and mothers. Their position was as subordinate to men. The Indian patriarchal society that dominates the social, political and economic life of people in the country has never encouraged its women in any field, except kitchen! Indian women are relatively disempowered and they enjoy lower status than that of men from times imme­morial.

Answer 2

All important decisions in a woman's life were taken by either her father or her husband, and later by her son.