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Ceaseless Sadism against Women in P. Sivakami’s
The Taming of Women

Shanmathi. S., M.Phil.. Research Scholar


P. Sivakami
Leading Tamil Novelist
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Abstract

P. Sivakami is an Indian writer writing in Tamil. She is one among the most prominent Dalit writers in India. She became the first Tamil Dalit woman to write about the patriarchy and the Dalit movement. Her first novel Pazhaiyana Kazhidalum (Removal of old things) was translated and published in English as The Grip of Change. She quit her job as Secretary-ranked bureaucrat in the administrative service and established her own political party (Forum for Social Equality). Sivakami’s literary works highlight the suppression faced by women and especially dalit people. She is capable of bringing many comic elements to a very serious theme. This paper is to explore the way in which the writer presented the women characters. This novel deals with the concept of male chauvinism, suppression, sexual abuse, incest, rural lifestyle and poverty. The main aim of this paper is to see how the author presents the gender violence committed against women in families as well as outside the family circle. She has portrayed the concept vividly in her novel through various characters.

Keywords: Sivakaami, The Taming of Women Gender violence, Incest, Sexual Abuse, Male chauvinism, Patriarchal society.

Introduction

The Taming of Women is based on how women struggle to safeguard their honour and how they are oppressed by the men. Dignity for women is still a question mark in most of the places in the world. It is based on the women being oppressed in both upper and lower classes. The story begins when the protagonist Anandhayi discovered her husband Periyannan’s paramour. When Anandhayi successfully trapped the woman who had an affair with her husband “Periyannan, his torso bare, came thundering down the steps. He released the woman from Anandhayi’s grip and pushed her aside. Anandhayi crashed to the ground with a loud sob”. (4) The moment he thrashed her, she got the labour pain and delivered her baby. He didn’t come to see the new born baby too. This shows that this man does not have any concern for his pregnant wife and for his baby which is inside the womb. Anandhayi’s mind was filled with disappointments and she lost the peace in her. The crone, Anandhayi’s mother-in-law advised her:

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Shanmathi. S., M.Phil. Research Scholar
PG & Research Department of English
Arignar Anna Government Arts College
Villupuram – 605602
Tamil Nadu
India
shanmathimiel@yahoo.com

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