Ungendered Social Support for Cancer Patients in the Patriarchal Hegemony in Kerala
Abstract
Although the hallmark set for the Kerala development model is anegalitarian ideology, the increasing incidence of dowry deaths and genderdiscrimination calls for comprehensive and intensive investigations intothe prevailing social reality on gender equality in Kerala. This study exploredone of the worst scenarios in life to find out whether people discriminateagainst women there. The study’s objective was to compare the perceivedsocial support and hope among women and men who have cancer in theErnakulam district of Kerala. This study adopted a quantitative surveymethod and collected data from 240 cancer patients in 15 randomly selectedpanchayats in the Ernakulam district. It elicited their sociodemographicdata, perceived social support and hope, using a self-structuredquestionnaire, the multidimensional scale of perceived social support, andthe Herth Hope Index
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