The traditional power structures

The traditional power structures 

The Higher Education system in India has,over the years,witnessed the influx of women as students and teachers for a number of reasons.The traditional power structures of the system have operated in ways.That have not only replicated the patriarchal social structures of oppression and thus perpetuated the gender bias and inequity in the system but have also consolidated gender unfriendly institutional practices in the guise of institutional traditions and norms.In other words,“the cultural socialization in a patriarchal society is so deep rooted that even the educated are not liberated until special efforts are made in this direction”Traditional gender roles have been re-allocated even in the work premises,so much so that women are almost invisible in the managerial,administrative and decision-making positions in the higher education system.