Decision making process in seeking care is yet a matter of exploration. As Miller (1990) observed a wider consultation of the family members in agricultural related decision making in meal time by the head of the households and announced the final decision by the head. Whereas decision related to women's reproductive health is rather private and secret, so one can not expect a wider discussion due to fear (dar), shame (laj) and prestige (ijjat)
Some women can decide what to cook but none can decide when and where to seek health care if the male members or in-laws are there. They have to seek permission from their husband or mother-in-laws. Women are taken to the health facilities as far as possible by their husbands if they live in a nuclear family. Women can only decide when their husbands are away. Although all sources of power are important, women are mostly deprived of the two major sources of power i.e. intellectual and financial. Their subordination starts from this stage because they have to rely on their husband's patriarchal resources i.e. husband's inherited property. They are less educated and culturally they have to honour their husbands as god. Because of these two reasons the subordination of women is deep-rooted in Nepali society, irrespective of location and communities. The practice is more pronounced in the terai than in the hills. This is one of the main reasons why Nepali women delay to seek health care facilities.
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