Influence of religion on women’s social freedom

The prime objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of religion on the desire for women’s social freedomamong the young adults.Religious participation and devotion are often linked to life course events such as marriage, childbirth, childrearing, and death. The formation of a family through procreation is sacralized through religious rituals of marriage, and religiously sanctioned marriage is an aspect and indicator of religiosityand it is widely accepted in society (Sherkat, 2015).Questionnaire method was used to collect data from 327 participants including Females (N=251) and Males (N=76) in the age group of 18-40 from southern Kerala. Convenient sampling method was used by the researcher to select participants. The study revealed that, religion has an influence on the perspective of desire for women’s social freedom. The sample not interested to reveal their religion shows more desire for women’s social freedom than sample belonged to Hindu, Muslim, and Christian communities.