GENDER, FEMINISM AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

In any society, the construction of gender is a continuous process intimately connected to other historical developments in the society. Feminist researchers have convincingly insisted that gender is socially constructed because of the general image of women as docile, complaint and oppressed by the patriarchal family. This is the reason why many feminist writers project the female identities in order to give women a sense of belonging in their fictional works. This paper examines in a unique way the social, cultural and nature of gender construction in the society. It specifically looks at gender relations, globally and also explains that men and women had rigidly defined roles as well as a range of social and moral obligations attached to these gender roles.