Rough Outline

Here is the rough outline of my final paper regarding the topic of women's role in Pakistani society:

Introduction- 

Pakistan is a patriarchal society, which means the male heads the family.  This is seen throughout history because it is the male who is considered the “breadwinner” and works diligently outside of the home as the woman remains at home caring for the family and doing work that is considered to be less important than the male’s.  However, as Pakistan modernizes, the role of women in some aspects of Pakistani society is increasing.  Even though the importance of women in Pakistan is increasing in some aspects of society, they still face discrimination and mistreatment from males.  As society modernizes, the role of women in Pakistan is slowly increasing in importance.

Thematic Statement-

As society modernizes, the role of women in Pakistan is slowly increasing in importance.

Paragraph 1: Education
                2: Employment
                3: Military
                4: Land and property rights
                5: Dress code
                6: Sports
                7: Art, entertainment, and literature
                8: Vani/Child marriages
                9: Acid throwing
               10: Human trafficking

Conclusion-

As time modernizes, the role of women in Pakistan slowly increases in importance.  Although it is modernizing, the women of Pakistan have considerably less rights than males due to the predominantly patriarchal social hierarchy.  For this very reason, they also experience mistreatment and discrimination.  Even though their role in society is considerably lower than males, their status is slowly increasing.  Education is an important aspect of increasing the status of women in Pakistani society.  The literacy rate of the women is considerably lower than the males, but it is also increasing which will help the economy by increasing both the labor force and productivity.  Women play a very important role in regards to their contribution to labor, even though the exact percentages of how much women contribute to the economy is not certain because it is not accurately reported.  Women also have an increasing importance in regards to the role they have in the military.  They are able to become involved in the military and earn positions as high-ranking officers.  As time progresses, they are able to contribute more.  Women’s privileges in regards to property and land ownership and often violated because of male’s views of superiority that allows them to take advantage of the women; therefore, women have very few rights in this aspect of society.  This is not the only aspect of society in which women have fewer rights than men.  They do not have as much liberty as men do in their clothing choices and are expected to cover more of their bodies than men are required.  Women have an increased participation rate in sports, arts, entertainment, and literature.  Although the government is increasing its involvement to stop the violent mistreatment of women, they still face horrible violence and offences.  Such examples include vani, or child marriages, rape, sexual harassment, acid attacks, and human trafficking.  Although some of the women of Pakistan face horrible and violent forms of mistreatment and endure their rights not always being protected, they are still slowly rising in status with their role in society, which is improving as time progresses; therefore, the status of women in Pakistani society increases as time progresses.

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