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Title: DIVISION OF HOUSEWORK AND GENDER INEQUALITY IN ASSAM
Authors: Mousumi Borah
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Mousumi Borah PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Assam
MLA 8 Borah, Mousumi. "DIVISION OF HOUSEWORK AND GENDER INEQUALITY IN ASSAM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 10, Oct. 2022, pp. 3295-3301, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i10.006. Accessed Oct. 2022. APA 6 Borah, M. (2022, October). DIVISION OF HOUSEWORK AND GENDER INEQUALITY IN ASSAM. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(10), 3295-3301. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i10.006 Chicago Borah, Mousumi. "DIVISION OF HOUSEWORK AND GENDER INEQUALITY IN ASSAM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 10 (October 2022), 3295-3301. Accessed October, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i10.006.
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ABSTRACT: In the family, people functioned different work based on gender. Men performed an instrumental role while women performed an expressive role in the family. In Assamese households, most of the women involve themselves in housework. It needs no explanation that housework is a major burden for them. Most of the time career-oriented women and girl students bear the double work burden in the household. At present in Assamese society, household work is considered a part of the female role which remains extremely unequal. Like the backward state of Assam, most of the housework is done by women, and men are involved in economic responsibilities to survive the family, and because of this reason, most of the women are economically dependent on family male members. This study explores the concept of gender inequality in the context of housework in Assamese society through the existing literature, book, paper, article, and the internet. The study argues that unequal gender division of housework is still prevalent in society.

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