Socio-cultural diversity

and the impact to

Malaysia.

Gender

Division
of labor

Masculini
ty and
Femininit
y

Marriage

Gend
er

Relative
Status

Inheritan
ce

Division of labor by gender.

Changes of labor division in gender while
maintaining the gendered division in the
household.
In wealthier families where both men and
women work outside the home there has
been an increase in hiring domestic servants.
Source:
http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Malaysia
.html#ixzz3Q7z91Agq

The relative status of women and

men
Male dominance is codified in laws over
such things as the guardianship of
children.
The top politicians, business leaders, and
religious practitioners are predominately
male.
Malaysian society shows considerable
suppleness in its gender divisions with
prominent women emerging in many
different fields. - political movement

Marriage
Even with significant changes in
marriage practices, weddings reveal
the sharp differences in Malaysian
society.
There are two ways to marry:
registering the union with the
government;
and joining in marriage before a
religious authority.

Inheritance
Women in Malaysia have equalrights to
own and inherit landunder the
Constitution and land legislation.
However, Muslim womens right to own and
inherit land is regulated by Syariah law.
(the parents, spouse and offspring will
all get different proportions of the
inheritance.)
Source:
http://genderindex.org/country/Malaysia

Masculinity/femininity
Malays- Husbands prefer their wives to be
submissive and become full-time
housewives to take care of the children.
Chinese women nowadays are working
wives thus they are economically
independent from their husbands.
Concept of women should stay at home
and look after their children are changing
due to the increase in the education level
in the Indian community.

The End
Thank you.