The concept of Women's equality is not new to India. In 1882, a Maharashtrian housewife wrote a book as a protest against the double standards of a male dominated society. Name the book that addressed this issue:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Stree Purush Tulana
NCERT (2025-26): “5.3 Struggle for women’s equality and rights … It is often assumed that social reform for women’s rights was entirely fought for by male reformers and that ideas of women’s equality are alien imports. To learn how wrong both these assumptions are, read the following extracts from two books written by women, Stree Purush Tulana written in 1882 and Sultana’s Dream written in 1905.” “Stree Purush Tulana (or Comparison of Men and Women) was written by a Maharashtrian housewife, Tarabai Shinde, as a protest against the double standards of a male dominated society. A young Brahmin widow had been sentenced to death by the courts for killing her newborn baby because it was illegitimate, but no effort had been made to identify or punish the man who had fathered the baby. Stree Purush Tulana created quite a stir when it was published.…” |