what are the reason behind the lower status of woman in sociology ?
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1. Gender biases: Viewing men as wage-earners and women as homemakers
People in many countries and cultures believe tasks such as raising children and housework are women's
work, while venturing out to earn an income is the province of men. In such societies, work done by men
takes the visible form of income. In contrast, raising children and performing housework produces no
income and women are seen as living off the earnings of men and therefore of lower social status.
In fact, raising children and taking care of housework are strenuous tasks, in no way inferior to work done
by men. The following graph shows daily working hours for men and women. In every country, this graph
shows that women work more hours than men and that women also work longer at home. Nevertheless,
women earn only one-third of the income earned by men.
2. Fewer educational opportunities for women
The right to an education, a key to social and economical independence, is a fundamental human right.
Education opens the doors to a vast range of information and social services.
However, there are many women with fewer opportunities for education in the whole world. Two-thirds of
the approximately 880 million illiterate adults in the world are women. And two-thirds of the approximately
113 million children who are unable to go to school are girls.
Why do women have less access to educational opportunities? Many people around the world living in
poverty tends to lack the financial resources needed to educate all the children in a household. The result
is to encourage education for boys, who have the potential to earn higher incomes, while girls, who are
not expected to earn an income, are made to work at home from childhood, doing housework or farm
work.
Imagine being unable to read; imagine venturing out into society lacking even the most basic education.
Imagine the uncertainties and near-insurmountable difficulties. In poor countries, some women are
unable to administer medicine to their children because they can't read the instructions.