Violence Against Women: A study of Monica Ali’s Brick Lane

Author(s): Rahul Kumar

Abstract:

Women are the inseparable part of human society, and more important compared to men as they are the procreator of life. The women, being the life giver are not treated as equal, even they are regularly subject to violence by the men. The violence over them have many forms and are manifold. The most common are domestic violence, sexual violence, Violence through traditions and customs et cetera. The women suffers from minor injuries to death and harassment to psychological disorder for the pleasures and anxieties of the men. Violence over women is prevalent all over the world since beginning of the human civilization till present day. The South-Asian nations are observed to be more prone to violence over women compared to other parts of the world. The tradition comes out as the most hostile form of violence in South-Asian nations. The tradition leads to physical and sexual violence in the South-Asian nations. The ‘Son-preference’, dowry, arranged marriage tradition are the giant cause for violence against women. The tradition of taking women as object and material needs to be stopped immediately through proper education, policies and rules. The society needs to stop biasness between men and women, and provide both with quality education, facilities and surroundings. The society needs to accept the conditions like love-marriages, lesbians, widows, divorcees’, live-in-relation, et cetera for women empowerment and not taking these conditions as taboo. This steps can only stop violence against women in our societies and a better future for them can be achieved.

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