A Study and Exploration of Numerous Impacts in Children’s Literature: Conditioned Discrimination

Abstract

A group’s diversification can be observed and experienced in terms of its varied ethnicity, class, race, religion, language, colour, gender of the group members. But it is also perceived that discrimination based on many factors is created in society. As a social taboo, gender inequality is considered to be an idea and a situation that, women and men are not equal. It is also a grave thing that this conditioned discrimination is deep-rooted. It may be socially constructed or empirically grounded. Gender difference shows and promotes unequal treatment to or perceptions of individuals just because of their gender. It arises from variances in socially constructed gender roles which unfortunately produces different responsibilities. In India, this gender discrimination refers to health, education, economic and political inequalities between men and women. It influences women's health, their educational achievement, economic conditions and India's sex ratio. In literature, such discrimination is evident since long. Through the theme of gender issues, it discusses inhuman mindset based on gender prevailing in the society and furthers some effective solutions to check such conditioned discrimination.