INTEGRITY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
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DOI: 10.31248/IJAH
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A synoptic analysis of male chauvinism on women in The Concubine, Efuru and On Black Sisters’ Street
https://doi.org/10.31248/IJAH2022.064 | Article Number: 1B316B602 | Vol.3 (5) - December 2022
Received Date: 20 October 2022 | Accepted Date: 12 December 2022 | Published Date: 30 December 2022
Authors: Okechukwu, Uchechukwu Ifeatu and Okeke, Gloria Tochukwu*
Keywords: Abuse, female folk, male folk, sexual abuse, social abuse, verbal abuse.
This paper focuses on abuse meted on the female folks by themselves and their male counterparts using some selected novels. The study aims at examining the various forms and manifestations of abuse on African women and the socio-psychological implications on them. Data analysed in this work are elicited from The Concubine, Efuru and On Black Sisters’ Street, respectively. After descriptive analysis, this paper reveals that abuse of women can be social, verbal and sexual. The study also shows that abuse of any kind affects the victims negatively. One of the significant effects of abuse is that it crushes the individual’s self-esteem, thereby hampering her self-confidence and willpower. This psychological disposition does not in any way benefit both the victim or the larger society. The paper finally posits that abuse, therefore, should be done away with for a better and healthier society.
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