Gender and Politics: Perception and Participation: Role of Women In Punjab Politics

Feminsim as a fast evolving politcal ideology investigates and conceptualizes gender based oppression which primarily has its roots in gender construction within the given society.Genital attribution along with expectation and value attached to role behaviour categorizes 'humans' into males and females.Actually Patriarchy stems from the intention of non recognition of women's worth as important creatures of earth whose physical creative activity both in reproduction and production of materials stands devalued in futile comparasion with men.Witnessing the culture of inferiority,punjabi society is facing the issues of female foeticide,denial of seva and NRI runaway grooms. Punjabi women leadership is traditional,underweight and negociated.Although being women is being strong for Punjabi women leaders even then a blunt woman leader is considered 'manly'.lay woman and woman leader both reel under patriarchal politics and society.Nature's mechanism of replication through union of male and female is universal and hence unavoidable,so stopping fixation of roles either into highly or lowly valued category will surely bring heavy relief.