Marginalization, Patriarchy, and Religion: A Feminist Study

Abstract

Even though organizations have been developed to eradicate, marginalization is still in vogue for third-world women. Prima Facie evidence in support of the fact can be found in profession, religion, or gender. The patriarchal setup with works of literature and media as co-actors leaves nothing unturned to achieve this ultimate objective. However, the mutinous pen of a Pakistani writer, Muhammad Hanif, presents the rebellious ideology and marginalization of suppressed women. Hanif’s portrayal of Alice in his work entitled “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti” is an accurate picture of a wretched third-world woman facing marginalization based on her gender, religion, and profession. The researcher has studied chunks of text under the theoretical lens of Spivak and Said’s proponents that a third-world woman is doubly marginalized (Spivak, 1993), and she is created as a traditional Asian woman (Said, 1991). The most probable outcome of the study of Alice’s marginalization is that the minority is prone to be suppressed, and if it is a female, then the chances of betterment are near zero.