Archive · 29 Jun 2025
Punjab Women Navigate Social Media and Patriarchy
In Punjab, a place with old traditions, things are changing.
Some women are using social media to make money and express themselves, but this upsets some people.
Because of economic problems, families are relying more on their daughters, as farming becomes less profitable and men face joblessness.
This is making some men angry, leading to violence or attempts to control women.
It's a clash between old ways and new ideas about how women should live and work.
The death of influencer Kamal Kaur Bhabhi highlights tensions between tradition and modernity in Punjab.
Punjab faces agrarian distress and economic downturn, causing families to seek opportunities outside of farming.
Female literacy is rising, challenging patriarchal norms, particularly among poorer households.
Young men in Punjab are facing challenges including unemployment, leading to a shift in family reliance.
Social media provides women with economic and self-expression opportunities, but also provokes backlash.
- Who
- Women in Punjab, particularly those using social media for self-expression, and the societal response to their changing roles.
- What
- A discussion about the evolving role of women in Punjab, focusing on the impact of social media and economic changes on gender dynamics and societal norms.
- When
- The article reflects current societal changes.
- Where
- Punjab, India
- Why
- To examine the challenges to patriarchal norms in Punjab, and the economic and social shifts affecting gender roles.
Those supporting change and self-expression
Those resisting change and maintaining traditions
Role of Women in Society
Those supporting change and self-expression
Embrace the changing gender roles
Those resisting change and maintaining traditions
Resist the changing gender roles.
Impact of Modernity
Those supporting change and self-expression
Modernity creates opportunities for self-expression and agency.
Those resisting change and maintaining traditions
Modernity causes moral panic due to perceived loss of control.
Social Media Content
Those supporting change and self-expression
Freedom of expression and economic opportunity for women on social media.
Those resisting change and maintaining traditions
Social media content is obscene and needs censorship.
- Fertility Rate
- 1.6 (NFHS 2019-21)
- Female Literacy (2011 Census)
- 70.73%
- Female Literacy (SC - 2011 Census)
- 58.33%
- Female unemployment
- 21.8%
- Male unemployment
- 14.7%
- Internet Subscribers
- 84.3 out of 100 people
- Women with phone access
- 61.2%