Mental Stress of Indian Women

Abstract

  Women are the real architect of society. There is no chance of the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. In spite of that, woman of India still considered Number one Vulnerable Group of Indian society. Since long past to present time, Women of India have been facing highly the structural discrimination such as rules, norms, generally accepted approaches and behaviors in institutions and other social structures that constitute obstacles for subordinate groups to the equal right and opportunities possessed by dominant groups. At results, the mental stress occur havoc among the women of India which affects in the critical health issues of women and becomes the big barriers of wellness of women. The gender development index had pegged India’s position at 140^th among 156 countries thus there is always room for improvement and greater efforts need to be made for rapid transformation of women’s position in our society. Women in India lag behind men in all social and human indicators- sex ratio, life expectancy, skills, education, well paid jobs, wages etc. All women are working women, it’s just that some are paid some are not.  In India, there are multiple socio-economic disadvantages that women of India experience which limits their access to health and healthcare.  Women in India face multiple barriers due to their multiple identities. In a patriarchal society, disabled women face double discrimination of being a women and being disable. The present paper is based on some prominent factors which are the root causes of mental stress of women in India, which become overwhelming upon women and degrade the health.  The present study is a descriptive study based on secondary data. The main objective of the study is to visualize the root causes of mental stress of Indian women and provide remedy measures.