NCERT Solutions Class – 7th Social Science (Civics) Chapter – 5 Women Change the World Notes What are the three roles of a woman?, What is a Power of a woman?, What is most important for a woman?, What is the concept of a woman?, What is a woman’s greatest power?, What does a woman value?
NCERT Solutions Class – 7th Social Science (Civics) Chapter – 5 Women Change the World
Chapter – 5
Women Change the World
Notes
Fewer Opportunities and Rigid Expectation
• A lot of people feel that women are fit only for certain kinds of jobs as a nurse. They are not fit for technical jobs.
• In most families, women are taught that after school they have to get married. Laxmi Lakra, however, broke this stereotype image when she became the first woman engine driver of the Northern Railways.
• We live in a society full of pressures. If boys do not work hard and get a good salary they are bullied
A majority of Indians believe in these stereotypes – It is, therefore, girls do not get the same support that boys do to study and train to become doctors and engineers.
Today’s women have become very aware – They are determined to break these stereotypes by excelling them in fields which were considered male preserves till now. We have now women pilots, engineers, police officers, scientists etc. We can mention here the name of Laxmi Lakra who by becoming an engine driver, showed the world that women can do everything.
Fewer opportunities and rigid expectations – A lot of the children in Rosie Ma’am’s class drew women as nurses and men as army officers. The reason they did this is because they feel that outside the home too, women are good at only certain jobs. For example, many people believe that women make better nurses because they are more patient and gentle.
This is linked to women’s roles within the family. Similarly, it is believed that science requires a technical mind and girls and women are not capable of dealing with technical things
Stereotype – The Fixed image of a person and a community. Stereotypes prevent us from looking at people as unique individuals.
Schooling and education today – Today, both boys and girls attend school in large numbers. Yet, as we will see, there still remain differences between the education of boys and girls. India has a census every 10 years, which counts the whole population of the country.
Women’s movement – Women individually, and collectively have struggled to bring about these changes. This struggle is known as the Women’s Movement
Discrimination – Treating people unequally.
Violation – When someone forcefully breaks the law or a rule or openly shows disrespect, we often say that he/she has committed a violation.
Sexual Harassment – Physical or verbal behaviour that is of a sexual nature and against a woman’s wishes.
Scheduled Caste (SC) – It is the official term used for Dalit class of people.
Scheduled Tribe (ST) – It is the official term used for Adivasi class of people.
Autobiography – Autobiography is the life sketch of the writer himself.
Manuscript – The script written in the writer’s own handwriting.
Census – Census is held every 10 years. It counts the whole population of the country. It also gathers information about the people living in India—their age, schooling, what work they do, and so on.
Glossary Stereotype – When we believe that people belonging to particular groups based on religion, wealth, language are bound to have certain fixed characteristics or can only do a certain type of work, we create a stereotype. For example, in this chapter, we saw how boys and girls are made to take certain subjects not because he or she has an aptitude for it, but because they are either boys or girls. Stereotypes prevent us from looking at people as unique individuals.
Discrimination – When we do not treat people equally or with respect we are indulging in discrimination. It happens when people or organisations act on their prejudices. Discrimination usually takes place when we treat some one differently or make a distinction.
Violation – When someone forcefully breaks the law or a rule or openly shows disrespect, we can say that he or she has committed a violation.
Sexual harassment – This refers to physical or verbal behaviour that is of a sexual nature and against the wishes of a woman.
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