CULTURAL PRACTICES OPPRESS WOMEN

Culture may be defined as beliefs, traditions, habits and rituals practiced over a period of time in the society and are accepted as social norms by the society. Every society has its own common customs and behaviour. Some of the cultural practices according to are -. Leblouh or gavage, Devdasi, Chhaupadi, Breast Ironing, amputation of finger as sign of mourning, lip plating, Sexual cleansing of widows, Genital Mutilation and neck rings. These are practiced all over the world. Mostly these things happen in developing and under developed countries. The paper brings awareness about such practices.