Entry - 04 Women roles in Southeast Asia

Women in Modernism southeast asia during the 19th century

During the 19th century , some woman are been sold for cheap labor on plantations and in processing factories. Hence in the village, men are commonly to be position as the head of the house, while woman are appointed as the "secretary" of head. These custom trends are still found in siam, the only non colonize country. However women were still influential in the society while increasing their literacy and education, encouraging elite woman to fight for feminism and gender inequality in the western. 

While during the late 19th, Male leaders focused on political independence, but educated woman were now equally with different aspect such as divorce domestic abuse, financial responsibilities of a father even in politics. However, they is an argument with the male that attention to concerned female should be delayed until independence was attained. Yet, women been viewed as auxiliaries rather than partners. Such problem were still happen after independence movement after the surrender of the Japanese who occupied most of southeast Asia between 1942 and 1945.

Despite after the end of world war II, the independent states that emerged over the next 15 years were committed to gender equality, while this has become a treat towards the society. In recent years, number of women hold the public office has dramatically increased, especially in local government, this had encourage woman that to find themselves marginalized in a male dominated culture, while the authority is still belong to the men.  However, the more female involvement in politics, candidate are recruited as well to defense that how they see women's primary role as wife and mother. While, very country has the gender stereotypes that favor males dominant over women are often reinforced in school textbook and sometimes in religious. However, based on the region economic, political and cultural diversity, southeast Asian countries have well and fair of human development.


Referencing
Asia Society. 2012. Women in Southeast Asia. [online] Available at: http://asiasociety.org/countries/traditions/women-southeast-asia?page=0,0 [Accessed: 2 Aug 2013].