Are Nepalese Family Bonds Wearing Away Due to Modernization?
Deep rooted feudal tradition and patriarchy subject the women to a life of servitude to fathers, husbands, sons and their other male relatives. And the weight of tradition–which brutalizes and mentally disturbs women on a daily basis, appears too dominant to defy. In rural Nepal, even in this 21st century, women are treated as a machine. In addition to taking care of the children, cooking, washing, grazing animals, fetching water and working in the farm, they are socially dispersed. But thankfully, amidst this all, Nepal is slowly but surely creeping toward industrialization and a corporate culture. And had its pace not been halted by the decade of political turmoil and social unrest, it would have achieved at least some of its economic goals. Armed with degree and vocational skill in their hands, more and more Nepalese women are stepping out of their home to seek better economic opportunities or broader educational ones. In recent years, there has been a net outflow of Nepalese girls
in Nepal are among the most oppressed on the whole planet. Women in Nepal face hydra headed problems ranging from deep and intense poverty to insurmountable traditional violence against them. In the rural parts of Nepal, most women under the weight of tradition are subjected to domestic inequality and male aggression. Deep rooted feudal tradition and patriarchy subject the women to a life of servitude to fathers, husbands, sons and their other male relatives. And the weight of tradition–which brutalizes and mentally disturbs women on a daily basis, appears too dominant to defy. In rural Nepal, even in this 21st century, women are treated as a machine. In addition to taking care of the children, cooking, washing, grazing animals, fetching water and working in the farm, they are socially dispersed. But thankfully, amidst this all, Nepal is slowly but surely creeping toward industrialization and a corporate culture. And had its pace not been halted by the decade of political turmoil and
