Impact Of Modernization Of Women

Register to read the introduction… In Latin America, women often have to find jobs doing domestic services such as sewing, doing washing and ironing, and caring for young children. In Africa, the commercialization and mechanization of agriculture have frequently benefited male cultivators disproportionately at the expense of women farmers (Sociology of Developing Countries, 2003). While Bedouin cultural traditions restricted women's activity outside the domestic sphere, women were at least in charge of building family tents, caring for flocks of sheep and raising crops. The abrupt change caused by living in settlements has stripped Bedouin women of their traditional roles and responsibilities. In Asia, employers argued that women, as child bearers, were an economic liability. They required more leave time and were seen as less effective. Women disproportionately were laid off and new women graduates had a much harder time locating employment than their male counterparts. Prostitution, the selling of brides and other manifestations of the "traffic in women" became more widespread. Various individuals, both men and women, advocated that women should return home to clear the way for men's employment (Interdisciplining Chinese Women, …show more content…
The third world countries do not have the modern conveniences and attitudes that accompany developed first world countries, but in order for them to become developed, they would need to leave their traditional practices behind them in the process. Cooperative production that is fair is the only way that will ease the struggles of third world nations. Through cooperative production between men and women, and through fair compensation , their lives will exist in a better balance as they are recognized as equal contributors to their respective