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Many women today have faced inequality in their role as a married woman
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HYPOTHESIS Many women today have faced inequality in their role as a married woman. The traditional role of the expressive role by women and untraditional instrumental role taken on by man is seen as the norm in many households. But this has varied amongst many cultures, but the traditional female role still remains in the ethnic minority. My aim is to investigate whether there has been a change in attitude to a woman's role within the family, between younger and older Asian women. The formation of new norms and values has been influenced possibly by mainstream education with its emphasis on careers and achieving to full potential. 105 words CONTEXT AND CONCEPTS A context for this topic is Bhatti's findings about the Asian family life. She found that the ' izzat ' i.e. family honor was taken very seriously, with particular emphasis placed on behavior of daughters. Bhatti found that mothers saw...
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