Autonomy Measurement Illusion: Relational Influences on Indian Women’s Freedom

Autonomy has long been measured as independent decision-making, built largely on Western samples. For Indian women, however, autonomy is negotiated within their families. Their own wishes come after those of their husbands and children, and sacrificing their desires for the good of the family has become the norm. This blog describes how this is a fundamental mismeasurement error of women’s agency,…