Social Taboos in Pakistani Dramas

Abstract

This paper sheds light on the phenomena of Social taboos and determines their portrayal in dramas of Pakistan. The main objective of the study is to identify the ways in which Pakistani dramas discuss such taboo topics like transgender, honor killing , rape and child sexual abuse. In this research the content of the dramas were discussed . And, in order to see the impact of such dramas on the Pakistani Society , semi-structured interviews were conducted. The sample taken for this research was small and did not consider the socio- economic status , age or religion of the participants. And, also the experts in this field were taken as the sample .The findings of this study were that, the social taboo issues in Pakistani dramas have both the positive and negative impact on the people, they have helped break silence on the taboo issues in real life . Secondly this study found out that , these issues in dramas are not touched appropriately and mostly presented without being researched and are mostly discussed to get ratings. Other than that such dramas also help people fight their fears.