Here are some key points on how benevolent sexism is equated to femininity: Stereotypical Gender Roles: Benevolent sexism reinforces traditional gender roles, portraying women as nurturing, gentle, and needing protection. It equates femininity with traits like passivity and dependence. Perceived PosRead more
Here are some key points on how benevolent sexism is equated to femininity:
Stereotypical Gender Roles:
Benevolent sexism reinforces traditional gender roles, portraying women as nurturing, gentle, and needing protection.
It equates femininity with traits like passivity and dependence.
Perceived Positivity:
It appears to be positive by praising women for their “feminine” qualities.
This praise often masks underlying assumptions of women’s inferiority.
Social Control:
Benevolent sexism rewards women who conform to traditional feminine roles.
It subtly discourages women from pursuing non-traditional roles or behaviors.
Impact on Self-Perception:
Women may internalize these stereotypes, affecting their self-esteem and career aspirations.
It can lead to self-limiting beliefs about their capabilities.
Cultural Narratives:
Media and cultural narratives often depict women as needing male protection, reinforcing benevolent sexist attitudes.
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The textile industry of India plays a substantial role in the Indian economy, but at the same time, its implication on the SDGs is quite diverse. Economic Growth and Employment: This is particularly so in providing the large employment opportunities among women and rural dwellers through SDG 1 and 8Read more
The textile industry of India plays a substantial role in the Indian economy, but at the same time, its implication on the SDGs is quite diverse.
Economic Growth and Employment:
This is particularly so in providing the large employment opportunities among women and rural dwellers through SDG 1 and 8 whose direct effects scrutinized here determine textile’s impacts on employment and poverty eradication.
Export Revenue:
Being a major exporter of Textiles and garments SDG 8 contributes a lot to India’s foreign exchange earning.
-Traditional Crafts and Cultural Heritage: The industry preserves arts and crafts creations hence preserving culture and skill (SDG 8, 11).
Negative Impacts:
-Environmental Impact: Manufacturing of textile is an unrelenting process that requires enormous water, leading to widespread pollution and green house emission that causes climate change (SDG 6/12/13).
-Social Issues: Fears for the welfare of workers and their pay, hours, and conditions in some segments of the food value chain (SDG 8 and 12) remain valid.
-Sustainable Consumption and Production: The industries’ common that promote, fast fashion and high consumption, increase waste and degradation of the environment, SDG 12.
Changes:
Sustainable production practices are one of the most significant concepts in industries and markets of the contemporary world.
-Water Conservation: Installing closed-loop water system and using water efficient technologies for storing rain water.
– Renewable Energy: To curb emissions of carbon, the use of energy from natural sources for instance, solar energy.
-Waste Reduction: Reduction of wastage of cloth through recycling them, up cycling and promoting circular economic systems.
Social Responsibility
-Fair Labor Practices: In other words, labour standards, including remunerations, working condition and the rights of workers, in the supply chain.
-Empowering Women: In Egypt, ambitions among women in leadership positions in the textile sector.
Sustainable Consumption:
-Promoting Sustainable Fashion: Getting consumers to purchase fewer items, but better quality and supporting the sustainable and ethical brands.
See lessRaising Awareness: Informed consumer awareness regarding the negative effects that consumers clothing have on the environment and the society.