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Despite originating in a patriarchal environment, Bengali proverbs contain alternative meanings that reflect women's resilience, agency, and intellectual abilities, allowing them to be reinterpreted as narratives of empowerment. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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To examine selected Bengali proverbs through a female-oriented cultural perspective to assess how contemporary women reinterpret traditional sayings as narratives of empowerment.

August 30, 2026Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture & TechnologyOpen Access

On the Observation of New Age Females in Bengali Proverbs: an Empirical Study

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To examine selected Bengali proverbs through a female-oriented cultural perspective to assess how contemporary women reinterpret traditional sayings as narratives of empowerment.
Applied a mixed-methods design incorporating qualitative content analysis grounded in Cliff Goddard's Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) framework.
Administered a questionnaire survey to 100 women aged 25 to 36 years in Assam, India, to evaluate contemporary alignment with semantic reinterpretations.
Identified metaphorical structures within traditional proverbs that actively highlight female resilience, multitasking abilities, intellect, and personal agency.
Demonstrated that traditional proverbs function as cultural bricolage, allowing contemporary women to reclaim patriarchal sayings into empowering narratives.

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Mixed-methods study reveals empowering interpretations of traditional Bengali proverbs among young adult women, indicating cultural sayings reflect female resilience alongside patriarchal norms.

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Shubhajit Chowdhury (2026) studied this question.

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Mixed-methods study reveals empowering interpretations of traditional Bengali proverbs among young adult women, indicating cultural sayings reflect female resilience alongside patriarchal norms.

On the Observation of New Age Females in Bengali Proverbs: an Empirical Study

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On the Observation of New Age Females in Bengali Proverbs: an Empirical Study

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