Women in Cambodia

Women in Cambodia, due to a influence of the dominant Khmer culture, are traditionally expected to be modest & soft-spoken. They are to be well-mannered, industrious, and hold a sense of belonging to the household. it is for expected that they act as the family's caregivers & caretakers, financial administrators, and serve as the "preserver of the home". As financial administrators, women can be referenced as having household command at the familial level. Khmer women are expected to manages virginity until marriage, become faithful wives, and act as advisors to their husbands. Women in Cambodia do also be call as “light” walkers-- "light" walking and refinement of the Khmer women is further subjected as being "quiet in […] movements that one cannot hear the sound of their silk skirt rustling".

In recent years, women have become more active in the traditionally male-dominated spheres of work and politics in Cambodia.

Social status

Of late, there has been much discussion over the roles of Cambodian women in the society of today. What Cambodian tradition tell us about their daily roles is being revisited. In array togender equity, gender norms need to reflect the featured era in regard to controls roles. Some would say that elevating a woman’s worth from the traditional representations of women in Khmer culture and stating that a woman isn’tto a man, would assist to make Cambodian women their own agents.

In recent years, young women in Cambodia have been influenced by Western ideas which are contrary to traditional Cambodian culture. One example, found particularly in the capital of Phnom Penh, is that young female Cambodians are overtly consuming liquors and other alcoholic beverages in restaurants. Other areas in which Western influence is detected put a sense of live rights between men and women, peer pressure, companionship, experimentation, trouble within the family, abandonment by a boyfriend, and through advertising.