Sociology II · 10 marks · 150 words

"There is a general trend towards commodification of women at the cultural level in India." Explain.

Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2021–2024

Syllabus: Systems of Kinship in India: (a) Lineage and descent in India. (b) Types of kinship systems. (c) Family and marriage in India. (d) Household dimensions of the family. (e) Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour.

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From all 3 answers · about 120 words · 33% drew a diagram.

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The toppers’ answers

Yaksh ChaudharyAIR 6 · CSE 2021 · 92 wordsTheir whole copy

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Recently there has been a new trend emerging in India where women are commodified.

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Women in movies are presented as an instrument of sexuality. Even in advertisements on TV and social media, women are represented as a product.

Rise of social media in last decade has intensified the phenomenon of commodification of women. Images of women are shared on social media which many times compromise privacy of women. Even women are culprit of this trend. women themselves share pictures on facebook and instagram which

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depict them as a way of sexual gratification

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