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Why literacy rate is higher among the men in India. Explain in 3 points

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Answered by zohaib1994
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1)Due to gender inequality
2)because it is common perception among people that women should live at home and do things such as Cooking,taking care of babies e.t.c.
3)due to poverty most people can't afford to educate their daughters alongside sons
Answered by Olin
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India traditionally has a patriarchal male dominated society where more importance is given to males. Culturally due to division of labour the males go out of their homes and get better access to education. Poor families due to monetary constraints prefer to send only their sons to school and not their daughters. (d) Women are less educated than men because more preference is given to the boys or sons in the family for education as they are considered as future of the family. Traditionally, the girls were expected to stay at home and look after domestic chores. So, education among girls was not encouraged. Because, of the above reasons the women are less educated than men

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