International Journal of Tamil Language and Literary Studies (Jun 2022)

இலக்கியங்களில் பாலினமும் பாலியலும் / Gender and Sexuality in Literature

  • முனைவர் வீ. கவிதா / Dr. V. Kavitha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7027645
Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume - 4, no. Special Issue - 2
pp. 145 – 154

Abstract

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It is said that literature is the universally admired truth. Tolkappiyar would have said the distinction between men and women in grammar and the moral principles that regulate our lives and the norms of life. The sexual abuse that happens in this society seems disgusting and shameful. Even if there were sexual messages in the literature, the punishment was also strong. A woman who commits sexual assault is motivated to kill. To eliminate sexual violence completely, there should be changes in the society, law, police and judiciary system and to bring about a mental change in the punishments should be given to them. Only then will this sexual violence be reduced. If less, the women will never go out and return home in peace. The government also accepts this and the men who realized their mistake also realized that the women's lives will have opportunities to come from darkness to light. This paper focuses on the gender and sex that has been found in Tamil literature that show the state of women in the hands of patriarchal hegemony.

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