@article{ref1,
title="Men's arrack drinking and domestic violence against women in a Bangladesh village",
journal="International quarterly of community health education",
year="2006",
author="Rabiul Karim, K. M.",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="367-380",
abstract="Arrack, indigenously made and known as tari, is a widely-used alcoholic beverage among poor drinkers in rural Bangladesh. This study examines the influences of men's arrack drinking habits on violence against women at the family level in Parbattipur, a typical village of northwest Bangladesh. Fifty purposively-selected married male arrack drinkers as well as their wives were interviewed singly by using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results show that arrack drinkers suffer from behavioral abnormalities. It creates family problems and women are often victimized by their husbands' drunken behaviors. Although violence against women is a common phenomenon in rural Bangladesh, it is argued that men's habitual arrack drinking behaviors, through the interplay of a patriarchal family structure, are directly linked with incidences of violence against women within marriage.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-684X",
doi="10.2190/1568-2652-7422-7921",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/1568-2652-7422-7921"
}