... traditions have followed down from my great grandmother which have changed the views I had on women. My great grandmother always thought women should never be educated and should learn to cook at the age of fourteen. My grandmother was not let out of the house after she started puberty. She learnt to cook when she was ten years old. This same family tradition had to be followed by my mother. She left school when she was thirteen and learnt how to manage a household at the age of nineteen. This is very good according to the elders of India but it is a severe disadvantage in the Western World. The media has two general views of women. The first is as a typical housewife and the other is the sexy blonde girl. This housewife is chained to the kitchen sink and is always cleaning and cooking. These housewives can be ...

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