22. Power relations

Women are caged, mechanised and in subordinated state in the study areas. From the field work, it was clear that the women do not enjoy any sources of power namely – physical, intellectual, financial, spiritual or collective power. Because of their weaker positions, women lead a miserable life and are in highly marginalized and disadvantaged state of safe motherhood. Womens' movements are traditionally restricted. They work as labourers in all parts of rural Nepal i.e. either in the house or in the farmland. Both household work and farm work are their daily chores. They are disgustingly treated as sex toys who ultimately become as reproductive machines in each family. The reproductive roles tend to force them to reproduce another unit of family without any plans for birthing. Any woman in her household can not decide on her own, if a grown up male member is present be that a father-in-law, husband or even a son. Woman's power is associated with her husband's personality. Nobody seriously treat a woman's concern if her husband is away from home or dead.