Traditionally, women in cultures that are primarily Hindu are treated less favorably than men. This is just the way of life in places like India. From a western perspective, it is hard to understand and justify the hardships the women experience on a day to day basis. The culture of Hinduism promotes this behavior and gender roles are certainly prevalent. However, as modern ideas surface, stricter laws and rules have been implemented which have begun to pry the religion open and raise questions. Whether one should follow their faith and face legal consequences, or go against religious traditions and follow laws or regulations. One particular hardship or unfortunate result of these gender roles comes with marriage. Men are supposed to support
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On World Wide Religion News, I found an article that explains and expands upon the average years of education for people from certain religious faiths. Data includes an average of 4.2 years of schooling for Hindu women compared to almost a full year higher (4.9 years) for Muslim women (Pew Research Center). Contrary to this statistic, the Hindu about men have about ½ year more than Muslim men. Although not bluntly stated, the underlining motive or point that I identified directly related with this western idea of gender roles relative to Hinduism. It seems that a popular western argument or point that is made involves underdeveloped eastern societies with dated gender equalities, but fail to mention or identify the cultural and religious reasoning’s for things. The cultural differences and customs are much different in India than many western cultures and certain religious customs are accepted and embraced in certain eastern ones. I feel that, in the future, acceptance is importance for a mutual understanding and respect between these vastly different and diverse
On World Wide Religion News, I found an article that explains and expands upon the average years of education for people from certain religious faiths. Data includes an average of 4.2 years of schooling for Hindu women compared to almost a full year higher (4.9 years) for Muslim women (Pew Research Center). Contrary to this statistic, the Hindu about men have about ½ year more than Muslim men. Although not bluntly stated, the underlining motive or point that I identified directly related with this western idea of gender roles relative to Hinduism. It seems that a popular western argument or point that is made involves underdeveloped eastern societies with dated gender equalities, but fail to mention or identify the cultural and religious reasoning’s for things. The cultural differences and customs are much different in India than many western cultures and certain religious customs are accepted and embraced in certain eastern ones. I feel that, in the future, acceptance is importance for a mutual understanding and respect between these vastly different and diverse