A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF TABOOS AND EUPHEMISMS SURROUNDING PAKISTANI FEMALES DAILY ISSUES

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).04      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).04      Published : Jun 2
Authored by : Ayesha Izhar Chaudhri , Tazanfal Tehseem , Barirah Nazir

04 Pages : 34 - 45

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  • Ahmad, K., Ghani, M., Alam, M., & Gul, T. (2013). A sociolinguistic study of the linguistic taboos in the Pashtoon society. International Researchers, 2(1), 36-41.
  • Ali, N. (2020, March 7). This women's day, let’s silence the myths of menstruation! Daily Times. https://dailytimes.com.pk/571709/this- womens-day-lets-silence-the-myths-of-
  • Allan, K. (2018). Religious and ideologically motivated taboos. In Allan, K.(ed). The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language,240-256.
  • Allan, K., & Burridge, K. (2006). Forbidden words: Taboo and the censoring of language. Cambridge University Press menstruation/
  • Asif, H. M., Sultana, S., Akhtar, N., Rehman, J. U., & Rehman, R. U. (2014). Prevalence, risk factors, and disease knowledge of breast cancer in Pakistan. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention, 15(11), 4411-4416.
  • Baig, L. A., & Karim, S. A. (2006). Age at menopause, and knowledge of and attitudes to menopause, of women in Karachi, Pakistan. British Menopause Society Journal, 12(2) 71- 74.
  • Behzad, A., Malik, W., & Azam, S. (2017). Linguistic Taboos in the Pahari Culture: A Sociolinguistic Analysis. ARIEL-An International Research Journal of English Language and Literature, 27.
  • Bradley, T., & Saigol, R. (2012). Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan. Development in Practice, 22(5-6), 675-688.
  • Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2020, February 28). taboo. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/taboo- sociology
  • Burridge, K. & Benczes, R. (2018). Taboo as a driver of language change. In Allan, K.(ed). The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language, 164-185. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/978019880 8190.001.0001
  • urridge, K. (2012). Euphemism and Language Change: The Sixth and Seventh Ages. Lexis, 7. https://doi.org/10.4000/lexis.355
  • Ghosh, H.A. (2008). Dilemmas of Islamic and Secular Feminists and Feminisms . Journal of International Women's Studies, 9(3), 99-116. http://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol9/iss3/7
  • Jalil, X. (2018, February 20). These Pakistani startups are helping to break the period taboo. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1179501
  • Khalid, A. (2018). Human excreta: a resource or a taboo? Assessing the sociocultural barriers, acceptability, and reuse of human excreta as a resource in Kakul Village District Abbottabad, Northwestern Pakistan. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 8(1), 71-80
  • Khan, A., & Hussain, R. (2008). Violence against women in Pakistan: Perceptions and experiences of domestic violence. Asian Studies Review, 32(2), 239-253.
  • Khan, M. (2019, December 10). My walkthrough polycystic ovary syndrome. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1183888
  • Khan, N. A. (2018). Marketing a Taboo Product: Tackling the Consumer Mind-set in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Management Cases, 15(2), 147-160
  • Khan, T., Kennedy, K. I., Kazi, A., & Steiner, M. (1989). A study of breastfeeding and the return of menses and pregnancy in Karachi, Pakistan. Contraception, 40(3), 365–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010- 7824(89)90099-1
  • Khoja-Moolji, S. (2022). Patriarchy as an Assemblage: Qandeel Baloch, Male Domination and Feminist Publics in Pakistan. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 45(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2021.1969 138
  • Kiran, K. J., & Anmol, M. (2019). Sex health education: a cultural taboo in pakistan. I-Manager’s Journal on Nursing, 9(3), 38. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.9.3.16471
  • Mahmood, S. (2019, October 23). Treating Breast Cancer when You can't say 'Breast'. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world- asia-50103088
  • Manzoor, S. (2015). The impact of indigenous culture on female leadership in Pakistan. International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 4, 414-429.
  • Masood, T. (2019, July 10). Creating awareness about menstrual hygiene. DAWN News. https://www.dawn.com/news/1493183
  • Mazhar, A. (2016, March 27). Why blasphemy remains unpardonable in Pakistan . DAWN News. https://www.dawn.com/news/1163596
  • PMS (premenstrual syndrome). (2018, April 23). NHS.UK. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pre- menstrual-syndrome/
  • Raza, M. (2021, May 10). Pakistani women, why do we still hide our periods, especially in Ramazan? Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1187185
  • Saher, N. (2019). CDA of Rhetorical Devices Used in Advertisements of Beauty Products in Pakistani Print Media. New Media and Mass Communication. https://doi.org/10.7176/NMMC/77-03
  • Saleem, F., Mahmood, R., Makhijani, H. B., & Halepoto, J. A. (2014). Language and Print Media: An Analysis of Rape Reporting in Daily Newspapers in Pakistan. The Women- Annual Research Journal of Gender Studies, 6.
  • Shahid. K, A. (2020, September 13). Health: Women’s open secret. DAWN. https://www.dawn.com/news/1579131
  • Siddiqui, Z. A. (2021, March 31). Pakistan ranked fourth-worst in gender parity. The Express Tribune. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2292491/pakista n-ranked-fourth-worst-in genderparity#:~:text=Pakistan%20has%20bee n%20ranked%20among,gap%20in%
  • Soomro, I. (2022, February 4). Karo-Kari claimed 176 lives in Sindh in 2021: Study. The News International. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/930710- karo-kari-claimed-176-lives-in- sindh-in- 2021-study
  • Staff, I. (2016, April 14). Dear Pakistani Men, here’s how you talk about periods. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1175161
  • Staff, I. (2021, November 1). The National Breast Cancer Helpline is Battling a “Taboo” Disease, One Phone Call at a Time. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1188695
  • Strazny, P. (2005). Taboo. Encyclopedia of Linguistics. (Vol. 2, pp. 1073-74). New York
  • ahir, M. R. (2014). Exploitation of women in beauty products of Fair and Lovely: A critical discourse analysis study. International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, 2(9), 122-131.
  • Tahseen, N. (2019). Print Media’s Projection of Female Electoral Candidates in General Elections of Pakistan: The Case of Punjab. Journal of Media Studies, 33(2).
  • The Guardian. (2021). 'Pandemic of patriarchy': Pakistani women defy threats to hold a march. https://www.theguardian.com/global- development/2021/mar/08/pandemic-of- patriarchy-Pakistani-women-defy-threats- to-hold-march
  • Walker, L. A. (2014). Linguistic and Cultural Approaches to Menstruation Taboo and Euphemism. VCU Scholars Compass. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcont ent.cgi?article=4744&context=etd
  • Weikart, R. (1994). Mark Engles and the Abolition of the family. History of European Ideas, 18(5).
  • Yasser, I. (2020, February 1). Speaking up about women’s health. DAWN. https://www.dawn.com/news/153

References

  • Agha, N. (2016, January). Kinship in rural Pakistan: Consanguineous marriages and their implications for women. Women's Studies International Forum 54, 1- 10.
  • Ahmad, K., Ghani, M., Alam, M., & Gul, T. (2013). A sociolinguistic study of the linguistic taboos in the Pashtoon society. International Researchers, 2(1), 36-41.
  • Ali, N. (2020, March 7). This women's day, let’s silence the myths of menstruation! Daily Times. https://dailytimes.com.pk/571709/this- womens-day-lets-silence-the-myths-of-
  • Allan, K. (2018). Religious and ideologically motivated taboos. In Allan, K.(ed). The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language,240-256.
  • Allan, K., & Burridge, K. (2006). Forbidden words: Taboo and the censoring of language. Cambridge University Press menstruation/
  • Asif, H. M., Sultana, S., Akhtar, N., Rehman, J. U., & Rehman, R. U. (2014). Prevalence, risk factors, and disease knowledge of breast cancer in Pakistan. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention, 15(11), 4411-4416.
  • Baig, L. A., & Karim, S. A. (2006). Age at menopause, and knowledge of and attitudes to menopause, of women in Karachi, Pakistan. British Menopause Society Journal, 12(2) 71- 74.
  • Behzad, A., Malik, W., & Azam, S. (2017). Linguistic Taboos in the Pahari Culture: A Sociolinguistic Analysis. ARIEL-An International Research Journal of English Language and Literature, 27.
  • Bradley, T., & Saigol, R. (2012). Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan. Development in Practice, 22(5-6), 675-688.
  • Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2020, February 28). taboo. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/taboo- sociology
  • Burridge, K. & Benczes, R. (2018). Taboo as a driver of language change. In Allan, K.(ed). The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language, 164-185. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/978019880 8190.001.0001
  • urridge, K. (2012). Euphemism and Language Change: The Sixth and Seventh Ages. Lexis, 7. https://doi.org/10.4000/lexis.355
  • Ghosh, H.A. (2008). Dilemmas of Islamic and Secular Feminists and Feminisms . Journal of International Women's Studies, 9(3), 99-116. http://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol9/iss3/7
  • Jalil, X. (2018, February 20). These Pakistani startups are helping to break the period taboo. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1179501
  • Khalid, A. (2018). Human excreta: a resource or a taboo? Assessing the sociocultural barriers, acceptability, and reuse of human excreta as a resource in Kakul Village District Abbottabad, Northwestern Pakistan. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 8(1), 71-80
  • Khan, A., & Hussain, R. (2008). Violence against women in Pakistan: Perceptions and experiences of domestic violence. Asian Studies Review, 32(2), 239-253.
  • Khan, M. (2019, December 10). My walkthrough polycystic ovary syndrome. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1183888
  • Khan, N. A. (2018). Marketing a Taboo Product: Tackling the Consumer Mind-set in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Management Cases, 15(2), 147-160
  • Khan, T., Kennedy, K. I., Kazi, A., & Steiner, M. (1989). A study of breastfeeding and the return of menses and pregnancy in Karachi, Pakistan. Contraception, 40(3), 365–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010- 7824(89)90099-1
  • Khoja-Moolji, S. (2022). Patriarchy as an Assemblage: Qandeel Baloch, Male Domination and Feminist Publics in Pakistan. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 45(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2021.1969 138
  • Kiran, K. J., & Anmol, M. (2019). Sex health education: a cultural taboo in pakistan. I-Manager’s Journal on Nursing, 9(3), 38. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.9.3.16471
  • Mahmood, S. (2019, October 23). Treating Breast Cancer when You can't say 'Breast'. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world- asia-50103088
  • Manzoor, S. (2015). The impact of indigenous culture on female leadership in Pakistan. International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 4, 414-429.
  • Masood, T. (2019, July 10). Creating awareness about menstrual hygiene. DAWN News. https://www.dawn.com/news/1493183
  • Mazhar, A. (2016, March 27). Why blasphemy remains unpardonable in Pakistan . DAWN News. https://www.dawn.com/news/1163596
  • PMS (premenstrual syndrome). (2018, April 23). NHS.UK. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pre- menstrual-syndrome/
  • Raza, M. (2021, May 10). Pakistani women, why do we still hide our periods, especially in Ramazan? Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1187185
  • Saher, N. (2019). CDA of Rhetorical Devices Used in Advertisements of Beauty Products in Pakistani Print Media. New Media and Mass Communication. https://doi.org/10.7176/NMMC/77-03
  • Saleem, F., Mahmood, R., Makhijani, H. B., & Halepoto, J. A. (2014). Language and Print Media: An Analysis of Rape Reporting in Daily Newspapers in Pakistan. The Women- Annual Research Journal of Gender Studies, 6.
  • Shahid. K, A. (2020, September 13). Health: Women’s open secret. DAWN. https://www.dawn.com/news/1579131
  • Siddiqui, Z. A. (2021, March 31). Pakistan ranked fourth-worst in gender parity. The Express Tribune. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2292491/pakista n-ranked-fourth-worst-in genderparity#:~:text=Pakistan%20has%20bee n%20ranked%20among,gap%20in%
  • Soomro, I. (2022, February 4). Karo-Kari claimed 176 lives in Sindh in 2021: Study. The News International. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/930710- karo-kari-claimed-176-lives-in- sindh-in- 2021-study
  • Staff, I. (2016, April 14). Dear Pakistani Men, here’s how you talk about periods. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1175161
  • Staff, I. (2021, November 1). The National Breast Cancer Helpline is Battling a “Taboo” Disease, One Phone Call at a Time. Images. https://images.dawn.com/news/1188695
  • Strazny, P. (2005). Taboo. Encyclopedia of Linguistics. (Vol. 2, pp. 1073-74). New York
  • ahir, M. R. (2014). Exploitation of women in beauty products of Fair and Lovely: A critical discourse analysis study. International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, 2(9), 122-131.
  • Tahseen, N. (2019). Print Media’s Projection of Female Electoral Candidates in General Elections of Pakistan: The Case of Punjab. Journal of Media Studies, 33(2).
  • The Guardian. (2021). 'Pandemic of patriarchy': Pakistani women defy threats to hold a march. https://www.theguardian.com/global- development/2021/mar/08/pandemic-of- patriarchy-Pakistani-women-defy-threats- to-hold-march
  • Walker, L. A. (2014). Linguistic and Cultural Approaches to Menstruation Taboo and Euphemism. VCU Scholars Compass. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcont ent.cgi?article=4744&context=etd
  • Weikart, R. (1994). Mark Engles and the Abolition of the family. History of European Ideas, 18(5).
  • Yasser, I. (2020, February 1). Speaking up about women’s health. DAWN. https://www.dawn.com/news/153

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