TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Men's arrack drinking and domestic violence against women in a Bangladesh village
JO  - International quarterly of community health education
A1  - Rabiul Karim, K. M.
SP  - 367
EP  - 380
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0272-684X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/1568-2652-7422-7921
ID  - ref1
ER  -