Passage in Class X CBSE exam paper leaves students shocked
The Hindu
It would only serve to reinforce orthodox ideas of patriarchy, says a teacher
Students, parents, and teachers were left aghast and appalled by the “regressive” portrayal of women in a reading comprehension passage on a husband’s authority over his family that appeared in the Class X CBSE first-term examination paper on Saturday.
Describing the passage as misogynistic, teachers that The Hindu spoke to said it was not age appropriate and would only serve to instil or reinforce orthodox ideas of patriarchy among students.
To summarise, the passage inferred that a woman drew from her husband’s absolute authority to bring up their children and run her household smoothly, something she could achieve only by giving him her “formal obedience”.
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