Increasing rate of divorce among the Software Industry employees. Explain the consequences of this on women employees.

Civil Services Main Examination

General Studies (Paper - 1) : Model Question & Answers


DivorceQuestion: “The increasing rate of divorce among the Software Industry employees has become a worrisome trend in India. Explain the causes and consequences of this on women employees.

Answer: Indian IT industry has helped Indian economy in a profound way. Its imprint can be seen far and wide in the world. However on the personal front the employees suffer from serious inconveniences, especially women.

Causes of Divorces


(1) Frequent foreign assignments leading to imbalance in work-family time chords. Also the expectation from women diverges.
(2) Erratic and long working hours in Indian companies makes women the worst sufferers, physically as well as psychologically.
(3) In India women are still expected to keep themselves away from unknown "men", in IT industry since an interaction platform is present, colleagues become friends leading to creation of false and unnecessary rumours but sometimes leading to illicit relationships outside marriage. Even though this is true for any profession, but it is certainly truer for the IT sector.

Implications for Women


(1) Indian society still does not take kindly to divorcees /widows.
(2) Feeling of guilt and lack of confidence in dealing with false rumours is persistent among married women.
(3) Untoward advances by the patriarchal mindset people/colleagues she faces further hurts the self esteem of women.

Though these are some serious implications for women but the financial security and self worth as a result of the work being done provides many women the necessary courage to face adversities in life.

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