Volume 7, Issue 10

The Predicament of Women in Patriarchal Society in Anita Nair’s The Better Man

Author

K. Nesapriya, Ph.D., Research Scholar (Reg.No.BDU2110612779406, Dt: 08.12.2022), Department of English, Maruthupandiyar College, Thanjavur-613403. ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1955-7866

Abstract

Anita Nair does not merely agree with the prevailing patriarchal beliefs in society and the subjugation of women. After realizing the disparity between the sexes, she begins investigating the actual mechanism that sustains this inequality. The stereotype that portrays all women as victims and all men as oppressors worries the author. The oppression of women is deeply ingrained in Indian society, especially in customs, religious beliefs and practices, the judicial and educational systems and Indian families. She provides common instances of women being persecuted in patriarchal societies. Anita Nair wants that women must be allowed to make use of their talents and jointly with men they have to fulfil their duties towards their families and to the patriarchal society. She is of the opinion that women must be treated equivalent to men and their survival must be recognized as that of any human being. The male-made society, lust and female inequality are all topics covered in her work The Better Man. The character Paru Kutty in The Better Man is a helpless sufferer of patriarchy. The patriarchal order is broken by her through the novel. This paper examines that Anita Nair brings out the limitations related with a women’s life from their childhood to womanhood in patriarchal society.

Keywords: Patriarchal, Womanhood, Post-Colonial & Male-Domination.

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