Not many studies are conducted on how women are affected when men become alcoholics. Alcoholism of men becomes the reason and very often the excuse for oppressing women. Not many activists of women’s organizations have realized this, and if at all they have realized, not much has been done, except in some stray cases. No doubt, alcoholism has its negative impact on the family life of an addict. It is a ‘disease’ that has the whole family as victim. It causes financial drain and is responsible for marital disharmony. An alcoholic fails to attend to the present needs of the family like healthcare and education of children. This book makes an extensive study of the problem of alcoholism. It introduces the global scenario and the problems are evils connected with alcoholism sequentially presented in nine chapters. It shows how women can be affected when she herself may not be an alcoholic. This book will certainly create awareness among the public on the need to fight the evils of alcoholism.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S Gokilavani
Dr. S. Gokilavani, was a product of Prof. R. Venkataratnam, from the Department of Sociology of madurai Kamaraj University. She was the first rank holder from among the first batch of M.Phil courses in their university from 1977-80. She was a research Officer in the University of Mysore for a short period of five month and later on she had a privilege of joining as the faculty of sociology in the same department where she was a student. After completing her Ph.D in Health Sociology, during her tenure as lecturer in sociology for eight years from 1981-89, she became a reader in the Department of Women's studies, Alagappa University serving till now. She has to her credit many outstanding books published in English and Tamil and also her articles have been published in prestigious journals of India. She has produced nearly 16 M.Phil students in sociology and women's studies, five Ph.D. scholars, now guiding eleven Ph.D. scholars in women's studies. She has presented research papers in the X, XI and XII world Congress of Sociology held at New Delhi, Spain (in person) and Germany (in absentia). She holds professional membership in more than six national and international bodies like the ISA and IAWS. More than 70 research papers have been presented by the Author in various seminars/conferences and workshops.
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