Patriarchy and sexual division of labour
Key points
- Patriarchy origins
- Sexual division of labour in household
- Gender roles
- Feminist critique of kinship
Previous year questions
Questions asked from this topic in UPSC Sociology Optional:
- What do you understand by gender-based domestic division of labour? ls it undergoing a change in the wake of increasing participation of women in formal employment? Clarify your answer with illustrations.
- Does women's education help to eradicate patriarchal discriminations? Reflect with illustrations.
- How do you understand the relationship between patriarchy and social development?
- Define patriarchy. How does patriarchy manifest in interpersonal relations?
- Examine 'patriarchal bargain' as gendered division of work in contemporary India.