Women In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees novel, written by Barbara Kingsolver is a novel that talks, particularly about the shared burden of Womanhood. The novel begins when a woman gives a female American Indian child to the protagonist of the story, Taylor Greer. Equality between women and men has been an issue around the globe for years. In some communities, women do have legal rights as many say, but many statistics have pointed out that men around the world have better access to education than women. According to women's right activists, if discrimination begins, even before birth, very little change will happen. Women have been deprived of their rights for years, but society has changed, to some extent.

During the mid Nineteenth century, magazines, books, newspapers,
Six decades after the country's independence, and during the 21st century Female foeticide still continues in India. Women constitute half of the population in India, meaning half of the population has been deprived of its self-respect and subjugated into its grim existence. Infant mortality in India remains higher than that of males. The percentage of girls enrolled in schools is 49% compared to 73% of boys, and the percentage of employed women has dropped from 71% to 41%. Crimes against women have also increased. More than 4,000 cases of rape were reported per year, approximately fourteen rape crimes a day, which is equivalent to one or two rape crimes every hour. Females are usually looked down on by their parents, some might even kill their own daughter or continue to reproduce until one of them is male.

Women in India have suffered greatly for the past centuries, as they face significant contravention of human rights. The struggle for rights is disconcerting for Indian women. Although despite all the struggle, women in India are starting to take steps to become valued members of society. The state government has been encouraging women to start their own corporations and businesses. Men have accepted women working, but most are still holding on to the stereotypical jobs that women should