Persisting Prejudice: Measuring Attitudes and Outcomes by Caste and Gender in India.

Amit Thorat, Nazar Khalid, Nikhil Srivastav, Payal Hathi, Dean Spears, Diane Coffey
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Nearly seventy years after India adopted one of the most progressive constitutions in the world ensuring equality for all its citizens irrespective of caste, class, race, and gender, the mind-set of its vast majority Indian remains steeped in gender and caste bias. Results from a new telephonic survey confirm persistence of conservative gender and caste attitudes in Indian society. High proportions of men and women across all social groups disapprove of women working outside their homes, consider it 'acceptable for husbands to beat their wives', and would object to relatives marrying a Dalit person. Analyzing data from the National Family Health Survey and the India Human Development Survey, it has been found that outcomes associated with these attitudes are even more conservative: a smaller fraction of women work than those who feel it is okay to step out of the house for work; a larger fraction of women experience violence in marriage than men who consider marital violence acceptable, and an even smaller fraction of people have inter-caste marriages than people who say they would not oppose such an alliance. An overwhelming majority is opposed to an inter-caste marriage with a Dalit in the family. With a few exceptions, the attitudes and outcomes we studied vary, surprisingly, little by respondent gender, caste, and religion. Dr.Ambedkar's legacy is indeed unfinished-people from all backgrounds must continue to work for the equality and dignity of women and Dalits.

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持续的偏见:衡量印度种姓和性别的态度和结果。
印度通过了世界上最进步的宪法之一,确保了所有公民不分种姓、阶级、种族和性别的平等,近70年后,其绝大多数印度人的思维方式仍然沉浸在性别和种姓偏见中。一项新的电话调查结果证实,保守的性别和种姓观念在印度社会持续存在。在所有社会群体中,有很高比例的男性和女性不赞成女性外出工作,认为“丈夫殴打妻子是可以接受的”,并反对亲戚与达利特人结婚。分析全国家庭健康调查和印度人类发展调查的数据发现,与这些态度相关的结果甚至更为保守:与那些认为可以走出家门工作的女性相比,工作的女性比例更低;女性在婚姻中遭受暴力的比例高于男性,而男性认为婚姻暴力是可以接受的,而跨种姓婚姻的比例甚至低于那些表示不反对这种联盟的人。绝大多数人反对家庭中有达利特人的跨种姓婚姻。令人惊讶的是,除了少数例外,我们研究的态度和结果几乎没有因受访者的性别、种姓和宗教而变化。安贝德卡博士的遗产确实没有完成——来自各种背景的人们必须继续为妇女和贱民的平等和尊严而努力。
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