Essay On Social Primordialism

Looking at each of the theories and how they relate to the education rates in different countries, this is what we have discussed and decided. Primordialism view: Going based off of that identity is what you were born as; the literacy rates are higher in males simply because they are male and looked at as being superior and the leaders of the country. In many countries males are still looked at as being superior, more important in their society, and stronger compared to females. With this theory it only makes sense that males would be more educated, since being male is valued more.
Social constructivist view: Looking at this theory and the education rates, you would see that even though the male literacy rates, the female rates are increasing …show more content…
Social primordialism view: We see this as being similar to the social constructivist view in that they are being influenced from outside sources. Females are still falling short to males, but females are starting to see that they play a vital role in society. They are starting to see that they deserve an education just as much as men, and that now days an education is important for both males and females. Your biology still plays a part in the primordialism view, so even though biology is still playing a part, the state of society around is also playing a part. If little women are educated, other women will not see the importance; vice versa, if many women are educated more will be influenced to.

Question 2: When addressing the third gender issue for the Hijras, we would first ask them a few questions. These questions being, "What do you hope to accomplish by being labeled a third gender?", "What would being labeled as a third gender mean for the Hijra community?”, and “How would this benefit you, the Hijra community?” We feel that everybody is entitled to their basic human rights and that it is important that the Hijras also get rights, especially health care because of the