PERCEPTION OF GENDER IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OFGUJRANWALA DISTRICT

Authors

  • Rana Faizullah Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Media and Communication, University of Gujrat, Gujrat Author
  • Muhammad Usman Saeed Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication, University of Management & Technology Sialkot Campus Author
  • Sadam Hussain The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, PhD scholar Author

Keywords:

Gender Stereotypes,, Rural Societies, Urban Societies, Gujranwala district, in-depth interviews

Abstract

Gender is a social construction. The concept varies from society to society, culture to culture and from individual to individual. In most societies, women are considered inferior, suppressive, sensitive, and men are considered superior, hard worker, and decision maker. Present study aims to highlight the gender attributes from the Rural and Urban societies of Gujranwala district. Data was collected through in-depth interviews from purposively selected eight respondents from rural area and eight respondents from urban area. Findings revealed that gender stereotypes still exists in Gujranwala, and they were found almost same in rural and urban areas. However, gender conception about other gender have significant differences. Females are still considered dependent, house ladies, suppressive, child caring and cooking duties. While males are considered dominate, independent, decision maker, responsible, job/business holders in our society.

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Published

2021-09-20

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2021): Harf-o-sukhan

Section

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