The English Research Express ISSN: 2321-1164 (Online) ; 2347-2642 (Print) IJELL - International Journal of English Language and Literature Peer Reviewed (Refereed) International Journal run by Dr. JK Research Foundation, Chennai, India Available in on line at www.journalsindia.com Copyright @ 2013 Dr. JK Research Foundation, Chennai, India. All rights reserved. Page236 Volume: 1 st & Issue: 3 rd (July - September‘2013) PP: 236-242 Date: 22-09-2013 SILENCING THE WOMEN IN THE EAST AND THE WEST By: Mr. Javaid Ahmad Lone Author’s Particulars: Mr. Javaid Ahmad Lone, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Kashmir, Srinagar – 6, Jammu and Kashmir, India. E - Mail: anwar.javaid@gmail.com Mobile: 0091 9622603411 Author’s Introduction: Mr. Javaid Ahmad Lone is a teacher at the Department of English, University of Kashmir. He has submitted his Ph.D. thesis on South Asian literature in AMU Aligarh. He has qualified UGC NET twice in addition to the SET conducted by Rajasthan Public Service Commission. He has participated and presented research papers in various national and international conferences and seminars. Mr. Javaid has published papers in many journals and has contributed in various edited books. He is also a member of the editorial board of the literary journal Firyad. Abstract: Women have been silenced in the cultures of the east as well as of the west. They have generally been assigned the domestic chores whereas the men retained for themselves the domains of trade, politics, and religion. The relationship between man and woman is a structured one and it is the man who has always been privileged as compared to women. The structural property of the imbalance between the males and the females in different societies of the world give it a universal quasi-natural standing.