TY - JOUR AU - Sultan, Sajid PY - 2015/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Saraiki Proverbs Related to Runaway Women JF - NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research JA - nnjlsr VL - 0 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.7146/nnjlsr.v0i4.111095 UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/nnjlsr/article/view/111095 SP - 65-72 AB - <p>The use of proverbs in the Saraiki language shows different male attitudes towards women&nbsp;especially ‘the runaway’. This research-based study is meant to highlight Saraiki proverbs&nbsp;related to runaway women and the negative attitudes they out forward declaring them&nbsp;careless and disobedient. There is a presumption that Saraiki-speaking women are hard&nbsp;working and less demanding. These proverbs present an ideal of Seraiki women as being&nbsp;very tolerant to the cruelties and hardships they face in the name of honor. Proverbs are&nbsp;mostly considered to reflect this taken-for-granted wisdom. This study will explore how&nbsp;these proverbs are deployed and what kinds of consequences they have both positive or&nbsp;negative.</p> ER -