Patriarchy and Gender Roles in Shobhaa De's Second Thoughts and Easterine Kire’sLife onHold

Dr. Tayenjam Rajesh Singh and Ms. Alo A Yepthomi
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Dr. Tayenjam Rajesh Singh: Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Joseph University, Nagaland M.A. IV Semester, Department of English, St. Joseph University, Nagaland
Ms. Alo A Yepthomi: Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Joseph University, Nagaland M.A. IV Semester, Department of English, St. Joseph University, Nagaland

International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science, 2025, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-4

Abstract: This articlediscussesabout the patriarchy and gender roles that is evident in Shobhaa De's Second Thoughtsand Easterine Kire's Life on Hold. Patriarchy is a system inwhich man is the Head and is in chargeofall sorts of decision making, while women are to obey by the rules and demands laid on them by the man of the family.Gender rolerefers to the roles that men and women play in the society. The role that they’re expected to partake by the societal norms.The role thatis differentiates and distinguishes them as men and women.This research aims to analyse the patriarchy and gender roles in Shobhaa De'sSecond Thoughtsand Easterine Kire’s Life on Hold. Judith Butler suggests gender is not the result of nature, but is socially constructed. Male and female behaviour roles are not the result of biology but are constructed and reinforced by the society through mediaand culture. She argues that there are a number of exaggerated representations of masculinity and femininity which cause ‘gender trouble’. “There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very ‘expression’that are said to be its results.†(Butler

Date: 2025
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