What was the effect of gender relations in communities that adopted Sanskritization?

Women were educated and moulded as housewives. Women were given property rights . secluded women and girls, and also introduced practices such as dowry. Women were sent to work for the financial stability of newly emerged nuclear families.

secluded women and girls, and also introduced practices such as dowry.

Since Sanskritisation results in the adoption of upper caste rites and rituals, it leads to practices of secluding girls and women, adopting dowry practices instead of bride-price and practising caste discrimination against other groups, etc.