The roots of prejudice against women have long been implanted. Since ages they were discriminated by the society declaring the males to be superior and the females as subservient to men. The orthodox idea believed that women were meant only for doing household job, taking care of husband and children. In most of the instances men were considered the primary breadwinners and women were expected to stay at home to raise children, to clean home, to cook and to provide haven for their husbands. They were expected to follow the rules set for them by society and map their behaviour according to these notions. Simone de Beauvoir wrote in her book The Second Sex, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman" (72). The ideology behind this is women are not born inferior to men in any case but it is the society which has made them to think like that. The cultural constraints have so much deeply been injected that they never think to live life their own way.

Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane is the story of the life of protagonist Nazneen, a Bangladeshi woman who marries Chanu, a man, double of her age and moves to London with him. The novel explores her life and adaptation in the community as well as an adjustment with Chanu. Whether she resides inside or outside her country the clutching always remain in the hands of her husband. The present paper is an analysis of the discrepancies in Bangladeshi culture between the roles of men and women, how women take on their roles and how they function in this context using Feminist perspective. It will portray the current position of women in the society and also the inter-generational clash. Despite various groundbreaking achievements by women in various parts of the world; women still remain confined to their homes and more so into the ideological products their culture expects them to be by framing themselves into the notions set for them by their culture.