GENDER BIASED PARENTAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF VILLAGE DASUHA, DISTRICT FAISALABAD

This research paper is an attempt to study the preference of males over the females and the gender discrimination against the girl child in access to literacy in a male dominated society. This preference of males over females has been studied keeping in view the information provided by the people in the village. The study was conducted in Dasuha, (242-R.B.), a part of District Faisalabad. Empirical data were collected through anthropological techniques under qualitative paradigms. This article starts with an ethnographical account of the village which includes historical background, general facilities in the village, their social and economic organization. In the later part it will highlight the parental attitudes towards their sons and daughters especially in the field of education. An effort has also been made to find out thechanges in the attitudes brought by the development and the awareness created among the parents about the female education.