Question- How many theories are there of gender inequality?

Answer -

There are three main theories of gender inequality

Liberal : According to liberal, the main reason for gender inequality is discrimination in socialization, there is discrimination in the socialization of boy and girl, which in turn gives privileges to man and various types of exploitation and disabilities to women. and inculcates male dominated social values. Social and cultural practices also promote female exploitation and nurture gender inequality.

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Extremist--------Marxist
  Abolitionist

Marxist : Marxist believes that the main cause of gender inequality i.e., women’s exploitation is patriarchal social system and capitalist. They say that the society is male dominated.

Power resides with the man, due to the transfer of power from father to son, women have a low place in the society, due to being a capitalist society, many restrictions are imposed on women.

Extremist abolitionist : The extremist abolitionist sect does not consider the patriarchal status of women to be the result of capitalism, the patriarchal system of society and the process of socialization. Age abolitionists or radical sociologists say that the cause of gender inequality i.e., low status of women is ignorance and subordination. Gender inequality is the result of collective efforts and plans by men to control the thought of women - men have collectively imposed their power on women. Men have made their condition miserable by imposing control on many restrictions on women.

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