Womens Social Status in the World :: Gender Female Women Woman

IntroductionWomens status is a complex issue and a hard-to-define subject. Around the world, womens status in each participation and culture varies in different ways. In some societies, womens status improved gradually, while in other, it declined or remained unchanged. What impinge ons womens status in a society? In what kind(s) of society, /is womens status /is/ among the highest? And why? My research paper will focus on the relationship between womens status and the degree of stratification and wealth of a society.Hypotheses measuring of womens statusFirst of all, I realized that there is no standard on how people define and judge womens status in a society. In my point of view, one of the judgements /that could be used for womens status is the opinion of people/, which includes two areas - society and family. That is, how the public views females and how parents treatment of the daughter compares to that of the son. (See group III for cogitate variables used.) This group of va riables is going to be compared with other groups of variables in different areas to test my hypotheses. Besides, there are another two groups of variables related to womens status that are selected to be used in the paper. (See group V and group VI.)Factors that affect womens statusFirst, a womans ability to survive, that is, what I refer to as financial independence for women nowadays, would affect womens status in most societies. I believe it is more likely that people would have more respect /for/on/ productive persons than /for/independen/ce/ts/why? in most cultures. Therefore, I call back womens contribution to be one of the factors affecting womens status. Variables related to this topic are collected in group IV.Second, /in a society in which castes and/or slaves exist, that is, /in/ a non-egalitarian society, women are more likely to have a lower social status. My point is, /in such a case/if/ the public believe/s that human beings are not equal, and thus/,/ they classify people into different classes, socially or politically. Then speaking of genders, there must be a higher class as well. Would that be male or female? I suppose it to be male. The reason is that/,/ males are physically advantage/d/ous/ relative to females, and therefore, males are traditionally valued over females in many cultures. (Females could hardly bawl out about equal rights with males in jungles/but look at the Mbuti of the Iruri forest for example-- doesnt it depend on the society?