The condition of women is closely related to their social level. In the lower classes, all are poor, but there is some kind of equal division of tasks. Men and women are working together to make a living. They both take care of the children, and important decisions for the household are made together. There is, however, a trend to give preference to boys when it comes to schooling.
Gender inequality is more prevalent in the middle classes and up.
Here, husbands earn better incomes, which give them economic power over the women who become dependent on them. Also on this level, we find a lot of psychological abuse, such as husbands having a mistress or secretly marrying a second wife. It still happens a lot in Indonesia, especially in circles that are financially well off. In principle the Koran allows a Muslim man to marry up to four women. This rule was revealed in the Arab society at a time when men married far more than four women.