Drinking Habits and Domestic Violence against Indian Women by Husbands: A study in Malaysian Tamil Folk Songs

Abstract

This study examines the domestic violence faced by Indian women in Malaysian Tamil folk songs due to their husbands' drinking habits. Malaysian Tamil folk songs have been taken as the primary source of evidence in this study. This qualitative study uses descriptive and analytical research designs. Document analysis has been used as the research tool. The study data was analyzed using thematic analysis, contextual analysis, and sequential analysis. Economic violence, physical and sexual violence, and emotional and psychological violence were presented as forms of domestic violence faced by Indian women due to their husbands' alcoholism