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The present scenario of women in our part of the world needs much attention and our past history, one hopes will provide the clue to it. The question of the status of women in our society is too important to be evaded and the problem too urgent for a solution to be postponed any longer. This is what intelligent women and men in our society today will not hesitate to admit. The number of educated women in our country in increasing with every passing year. Women are glorified for being the preserves of culture and of tradition. This very often means that women are more tradition bound and less progressive. Women can take up any modern job which men can with the same ease and efficiency. But in modern society, the occupational role of women is merely an extension of her sexual sides. The sectors of employment open to her are often an extension of the female role. A young and pretty women can be an air-hostess and no one is surprised at seeing her travel to far corners of the earth. If women were given some opportunities like women, the progress the world would have been manifold.

Contents: Preface. 1. Woman's lot in east and west: the Indian point of view. 2. Condition of women in Tamil society. 3. Women and social structure. 4. Women in the Hindu tradition. 5. Women's role in societal development. 6. Women's condition in the Indian society. 7. Women in Anglo-Saxon poetry. 8. Status of women in society through the ages. 9. Upbringing of the girl child. 10. Women in the United States of America. 11. Women and the Muslim society. 12. Status of women in Pakistan. 13. Courtly love and its impact on women. 14. Cuban women, socio-economic structure and development. 15. The women of the Meghadut. Bibliography. Index.