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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

How is the increasing use of technology changing the status of women in Indian society?

  • UPSC 2014
  • Science, Technology and Social Change

Technology has changed Indian women's access far faster than their authority. Measured by connectivity, money and information, the gain is large; measured by ownership of assets, control over fertility and freedom from violence, the change is partial and in one domain negative. The change is one of degree: technology has widened women's reach while leaving…

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  • Livelihood: displacement first, new work later
  • The body: technology turned against the girl child
  • Connectivity, money and voice
  • Where the change stops
  • Conclusion

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