Patriarchy and male domination is the phenomenon’s which is most common in Asian societies. Male domination it not a contemporary phenomena but it has long history in different region countries. Unfortunately the females are the most deprived group of the society which is always affected by male hegemony. Females are dominated by male through different names and various means. Male hegemony and male domination created too much challenges for women and it is a big social issue which need to be stopped. As India is a multi culture and multi identities country so it most or less affected by the problem of patriarchy. So in this term paper I want to explore the structure and problem of patriarchy as a social issue in India through lens of three different genres. I have selected a, Arunthati Roy as …show more content…
The book received Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and got national and international recognition and was published in different languages. The God of small things mainly focused the condition of life in a single family but it has a global messages and global awareness on male hegemony and caste Discrimination in India. In her book The God of Small things she has written the story which is the reflection of male dominated society and how female are exploited by male during the centuries. The God of Small things is the clear example of the argument where she has shown that women and children are dependent to male but male are enjoying certain rights which women cannot enjoy those. Male domination started from family only which spread in the whole society, according to her in any critical situation women is the first group who is going to give sacrifice. As per Arunthati Roy: “The attack on every kind of livelihood, the attack on land, all of this affects women fundamentally.”(Naqvi,