Hot off the chronological timeline of the circumstances of the community of Malaysian Tamils and their women, this chapter pivots to the research proper, looking into the belief systems espoused by the women. Maintaining a sensitive approach to her respondents’ feedback, the author explored their perspectives and how they fall on a continuum of traditional gender beliefs to egalitarian gender beliefs, and more importantly, how these belief systems have their bearing on the women’s capability, vis-à-vis their level of adherence to patriarchy in the Tamil context, which has been very much entrenched in the Malaysian Tamil psyche over the years, as outlined in the previous chapter. The study was conducted on 300 impoverished Malaysian Tamil women, divided into groups earning both above and below the poverty line, and aimed to differentiate their relative levels of deprivation, the contributing factors, and avenues for them to move from capability deprivation to capability enhancement. The resulting data was then streamlined into eight categories of capability. Both quantitative data was collected using a five-point Likert scale and triangulated with qualitative data in the form of in-person interviews in the Tamil language (the author notes that these interviews were the result of multiple visits to the interviewee’s locations to build rapport prior to the information gathering). The author also reminds the reader that the data does show individual differences within groups, despite the respondents being from the same culture. Each category of capability is interspersed with interview segments from the respondents.