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3. Gender roles in the family
Most Indians say men and women should both care for children, but many support traditional gender roles
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- 3. Gender roles in the family
- Most Indians say men and women should both care for children, but many support traditional gender roles
- Indians in Gujarat and West Bengal among the most likely to have traditional attitudes about gender roles
- Most Indians completely agree that a wife must always obey her husband
- Most Hindi Belt Indians completely agree that wives must always obey husbands
- Majority of Indians say sons and daughters should care for aging parents together, but many say the responsibility falls more on sons
- Majorities in Southern states of Telangana, Karnataka say sons should be primary caretakers for aging parents
- Most Hindus, Muslims and Jains in India say sons should be responsible for parents’ last rites or burial rituals
- Relatively few in Punjab and Kerala say sons should have primary responsibility for their parents’ last rites
- About a third of Indians say sons should have greater rights to inherit from parents
- Indians in some Southern states more likely than others to say sons should have greater rights to inheritance