Vulnerable Sections

Societal expectations indeed impact many vital areas of a woman’s life whether it be professional or personal. Society has set some stereotypes for women and expects them to follow them thoroughly.

Following are the expectations which the society has created for women –
1). Doing all the house chores is her duty which she must do no matter what.
2). She must prioritize taking care of the family members first rather than themselves.
3). She should prioritize marriage over career.
4). She should take care of her children more than her husband as the husband is only supposed to earn money.
5). She must not stay outside the house alone after it gets dark.

The impact of these expectations on her personal and professional life is stated below-
1). She can not make her own decisions . She must always ask her elders and husband/father/brother and do what they say even if she is not willing to.
2). She needs to seek permission for even the most slightest thing she wishes to do whether it is going out, making friends, working, following her dreams etc.
3). Her career and job is one of the most impacted areas. She does not even have the complete right to pursue the career of her interest or sometimes her family simply wants her to get married instead of working and also after getting married her in laws or husband doesn’t want her to work and simply focus on the family.
4). She can not live her life to the fullest , she is always supposed to follow what she is being told and can not live her life with her choices.
5). All the expectations and norms also hampers a woman’s mental and physical health.
6). Also even if she is working she has to face sexism yet again as in the form of salary and tasks leading to stress.
7). She always has to prove her capabilities as people always judge her and look down on her.
8). Whenever doing anything has to think of her family first and take care of their image.
9). She has to maintain a good body image and look pretty ignoring all her stresses.