Victimization is an intentional and unfair way of treating a person. Women have been a tool to be victimized in the hands of the society from a very long time. Whether it is the domestic chores or handling of the children or even in some cases the target of expressing anger, women have faced and tolerated cruel intentions of men several times. Patriarchy is an organization by society where the head of the family or the decision maker is a male and the whole authority is with him or the men of some family, region or community has the complete power to control everything around them especially the female space and the decisions of their life. This paper aims to put light on the victimization of women especially Muslim women in Indian society and unveil their plight in the male dominant patriarchal society in the two fictional writings of Ismat Chughtai, Masooma and ‘The Homemaker’.ictimization is an intentional and unfair way of treating a person. Women have been a tool to be victimized in the hands of the society from a very long time. Whether it is the domestic chores or handling of the children or even in some cases the target of expressing anger, women have faced and tolerated cruel intentions of men several times.
'Patriarchy is an organization by society where the head of the family or the decision maker is a male and the whole authority is with him or the men of some family, region or community has the complete power to control everything around them especially the female space and the decisions of their life. This paper aims to put light on the victimization of women especially Muslim women in Indian society and unveil their plight in the male dominant patriarchal society in the two fictional writings of Ismat Chughtai, Masooma and ‘The Homemaker’.Keywords: Patriarchy, Male dominance, Victimization, Woman and Identity...'
