An Empirical Study on Work Life Balance of Dual Career Couples in Service Sector
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Indian culture and society have always been hierarchical and stratified. The several hierarchies and stratification within the family was based on age, sex, ordinal position and within the community- it was of caste, lineage, wealth, learning, occupation. All this have been maintained by ‘a complex combination of custom, functionality, and religious belief. Indian society is known for each individual lives by the ‘ascribed’ rather than the ‘achieved’ status. The classic and traditional Hindu family ascribed the status of ‘Pativrata’ to the wife. ‘Pativrata’ literally translates as ‘one who is vowed to her husband.’ It implies that a wife must accept as her given (beholden) duty the service and devotion to her husband and family .
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