This is inclusive article about the social status and reputation of women in Vedic and Post-Vedic Period of India. Female and Male are the two basic mechanisms of our human civilisation, depend upon each. Over years sociologists and other scholars have tried to assess the difficulties faced by women and to study changes in their status around the globe in general and in Indian society in particular.
Scriptures have given thousand of E.g. on importance of women in our society but let's see in widespread, history & based on Language.
These few words which represent wife
рднрд╛рд░реНрдпрд╛, рдЬрд╛рдпрд╛, рдкрддреНрдиреА, рдкрд▓реА, рд╡рд▓реНрд▓рднрд╛, рдирд╛рд░реА, рдкреНрд░рд┐рдпрд╛, рд╣реГрджрдпреЗрд╢рд╛, рд╕реБрд░рддрд╛, рдКрдврд╛, рдХрд╛рдиреНрддрд╛, рдЧреГрд╣рд┐рдгреА, рдЬрдиреА, рджрдпрд┐рддрд╛, рддреНрд░рд┐рдгреАрддрд╛, рдзреВрддрд╛, рдкреНрд░рд╛рдгрд┐рдкреНрд░рдгрдпрд┐рдиреА, рдкреБрд░рдВрдзрд┐рдГ, рдкреНрд░рд╛рдгреЗрд╢рд╛, рдкреНрд░рд╛рдгреЗрд╢реНрд░реНрд╡рд░реА, рдкреНрд░реЗрд╖реНрдард╛, рдкреНрд░рд┐рдпрддрдорд╛, рд░рд╛рдорд╛, рдпреЛрд╖рдгрд╛, рдпреЛрд╖рд┐рддрд╛, рд▓рд▓рдирд╛, рд╡рд╛рд╢рд┐рддрд╛, рд╡рд┐рд▓рд╛рд╕рд┐рдиреА, рд╡рд┐рд░рд╛, рд╢реНрд░реГрдЩреНрдЧрд╛рд░рд┐рдгреА, рд╕рдзрд░реНрдордЪрд╛рд░рд┐рдгреА, рд╕рд╣рдЪрд░реА, рд╕рддреА, рд╕реНрддреНрд░реА, рдЧреНрдирд╛, рдкрддрд┐рдГ, рдкреНрд░рдгрдпрд┐рдиреА, рд░рдорд╛, рд░рдордгреАред :рд╕рдзрд░реНрдорд┐рдгреА, рдкрддреНрдиреА, рдкрд╛рдгрд┐рдЧреГрд╣реАрддреА, рджреНрд╡рд┐рддреАрдпрд╛, рд╕рд╣рдзрд░реНрдорд┐рдгреА, рднрд╛рд░реНрдпрд╛,рдЬрд╛рдпрд╛
Most of the word describes the importance of wife more than husband, few proves both are equally important. For eg the common word used as Patni means - who saves the husband to go from the path of Patan/downfall.
We celebrate 1 day Janmastmi, 1 day Ramnavmi and navratri? - 9 Days
--As said whatever Good husband does the half is given to wife so Ardhangani but any sin performed by husband only he alone deserves & vice versa, any good done by wife. She alone deserves but any sin done even husband needs to suffer half of it.
There Is no word like Divorce in Sanskrit Language. It never existed because marriage was not among 2 loving birds but 2 entire families. There were fights but no husband said Talaq 3 times & set her free or hired a lawyer to file a divorce. Thanks to invaders for ruining our vedic practise. The word Samband-viched was later added to Hindi language.
--Whenever a baby girl is born she represents or been called by name such as Maa Laxmi, Parvati, Saraswati or Radharani. Even when marriages takes place we always says Laxmi has arrived, father in law never says Lord Vishnu arrived. These are Lok maryada which has been followed even today, specially in many parts of Bharatvarh.
Duty of a husband was to take care of the Entire family but duty of a wife was more, along with her house duties she needed to take care of the entire Community, entire country. As also proven by science 8 traits in child's behavior comes from Mothers Genes, so we had brave Warriors like Shivaji, Maharana Pratap, Bajirao, Bhagat Singh etc. She gives birth to a child, a warrior, a patriot, a saint. Saints are not related to any maternal parents but as per the teachings of Sri Adi Sankrachrya - he went to give fire to the dead body of her mother. A person sitting on Vyas peeth to talk on scripture is not allowed to stand-up and show respect to anybody because he is considered as Lord Vyas himself but when the mother arrives he is been given full right to stand up and do dandvat pranam to his material mother...
this is Vedic Bharat which is still unharmed & should remain unharmed by any evil powers because in future Lord Kalki would be in search for such pure vedic practising mother to bless her womb by appearing.