Places and forms of power - The plight of Indian women

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I'm going to deal with the notion of places and forms of power. We studied the plight of Indian women. In India, there is a lot of discrimination that derives from the caste system: it's a system of social hierarchy in which the Dalits, also called the ‘untouchables' are discriminated and considered as inferiors. But women Dalits are even considered as inferior to men Dalits, and all women in India suffer from violences. In order to illustrate this notion, I will try to answer the question: is the weight of traditions a hindrance to Indian women's evolution?

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[...] Rape cases are often wiped out and the police does everything to make them go away, including pressuring women into giving up their accusation. But at the end of the document, it is said that people are no longer okay with this issue which is unexamined in India, which means that maybe things will start changing for Indian women. B. Family Then, we saw in another document that this complicity around violence against women is not only linked to the government and the police forces, but also to the family. [...]

[...] Moreover, in the second document, we learned that nowadays, people are standing up for their rights, for women's rights. It talks about ‘middle-class anger', that could make a lot of positive changes for women. Conclusion To sum up, we have seen that in India, the power is in the hands of men, and that women are discriminated, and a culture of complicity around violences against women doesn't help them. But things are changing: women are standing up for their rights and start to take action. All we can hope for is a better future for women and equality. [...]

[...] Moreover, he's trying to convince his wife that girls are a burden, and that they should get rid of their baby. We saw here with these documents that there's a culture of complicity around violences against women, not only by the government but also in the families, who think girls are a burden. III. The upliftment of Indian women towards emancipation Then, we saw that recently, there's an upliftment of Indian women towards emancipation. Women are no longer willing to accept the violences they suffer from, and this male-dominated society. [...]

[...] We studied the plight of Indian women. In India, there is a lot of discrimination that derives from the caste system: it's a system of social hierarchy in which the Dalits, also called the ‘untouchables' are discriminated and considered as inferiors. But women Dalits are even considered as inferior to men Dalits, and all women in India suffer from violences. In order to illustrate this notion, I will try to answer the question: is the weight of traditions a hindrance to Indian women's evolution? [...]

[...] We studied a video related to the Gulabi Gang, and we saw that women who are part of the Gang are fighting against child marriage, domestic violence, dowry, and the plight of Dalits in general. The Gulabi Gang is a good example of women fighting for their rights and standing up for what they want. B. A game to change things But the Gulabi Gang is not the only initiative to fight against the tradition of the dowry in India. [...]