CBSE Class 10 Social Science Civics Gender Religion and Caste Hindi Assignment

Gender Religion and Caste Summary Class 10 Social Science

Religion – Gandhi ji said that politics must be guided by ethics drawn from religion

Communalism – Human rights groups in our country have demanded that the government take special steps to protect religious minorities.

Politics - Women’s movement has argued that FAMILY LAWS of all religions discriminate against women. So they have demanded that government should change these laws.

Secular state--There is no official religion for the Indian state.

• Caste and politics No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste. So, every candidate and party needs to win the confidence of more than one caste and community to win elections.

• No party wins the votes of all the voters of a caste or community. When peoplesay that a caste is a ‘vote bank’ of one party, it usually means that a large proportion of the voters from that caste vote for that party.

• Many political parties may put up candidates from the same caste (if that caste is believed to dominate the electorate in a particular constituency).Some voters have more than one candidate from their caste while many voters have no candidate from their caste.

• The ruling party and the sitting MP or MLA frequently lose elections in our country. That could not have happened if all castes and communities were frozen in their political preferences.

KEY WORDS

Patriarchy: Literally, rule by father, this concept is used to refer to a system that values men more and gives them power over women.

Sexual division of labour: A system in which all work inside the home is either done by the women of the family, or organised by them through the domestic helpers.

Urbanisation: Shift of population from rural areas to urban areas.

Occupational mobility: Shift from one occupation to another, usually when a new generation takes up occupations other than those practiced by their ancestors.
Caste hierarchy: A ladder like formation in which all the caste groups are placed from the ‘highest’ to the ‘lowest’ castes.

FEMINIST MOVEMENT -There was agitations in different countries for the extension of voting rights to women. These agitations demanded enhancing the political and legal status of women and improving their educational and career opportunities. More radical women’s movements aimed at equality in personal and family life as well. These movements are called FEMINIST movements.