Gender is indeed one of our complex volatile identities that we construct through our social interactions. Gone are the days when the concept of ‘gender’ was perceived to biological binaries of ‘men and women’. The society has indeed evolved from such Parsonian views towards a more complex ethnomethodological understanding of gender as a constructed social […]
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny?
Sexism, closeted or otherwise, has an unfortunate but almost inevitable presence in Indian Family Whatsapp Groups. Growing up in a middle-class family, I was added to my family WhatsApp group when I was 17. The always ongoing conversations never fascinated me, and the usual birthday messages were always dreaded. I naturally muted the text notifications […]
Indian cinema and its jaw-dropping affinity to male chauvinism
This post is written by Ishita Goyal, a student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. Her research interests include sstudy of social behavior and law. To quote the words of D. Bhoopaty, “cinema is widely considered a microcosm of the social, political, economic, and cultural life of a nation”. It is true that the impact of the […]
Trolling culture and its astonishing sexist traits
This post is written by Ritabrata Roy who is a Doctoral Tutor at University of Sussex, Law School. Women with a public platform get more shit than their male counterparts. And now what’s long been known through anecdote and, in some cases, unpleasant direct experience has some numbers behind it. In a study of the […]
Perception and Mindfulness: Wheels of The Same Chariot
About the Author: This blog is written by Siddharth Mathur, Designated Partner at Lex Protector LLP. Siddharth is a intellectual property rights practitioner and a prolific blogger who writes on issues of mental health, mindfulness, art and culture. Henry David Thoreau, an American philosopher and poet once said “It’s not what you look at that […]
Netflix’s ‘MIMI’ and the underlying intricacies on the framework of surrogacy in India
This post is written by Ishita Goyal, a student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. Her research interests include gender studies, sexuality and law. The 2021 Netflix’s movie, MIMI was a moving take on motherhood and surrogacy. It highlights the aspect of commercial surrogacy which has often been a point of debate. ‘MIMI’ is a story […]
Does India need “Comprehensive Sexuality Education”?
About the Author …. Subhashree Pattanayak, a final year student of Master of Education at The Institute of Education for Women, Hastings House, Kolkata, The West Bengal University of Teachers’ Training, Education Planning and Administration. Sex is a hush-hush topic of discussion behind closed doors in India to date. Ironically, openly talking about sex is […]
Darlings (2022): The Cruel Case of Coercion (Movie Review)
This review is written by Bilal Khan, student of Christ University, Bengaluru. Bilal is a prolific blogger with interests on subjects such as gender, domestic violence, religion amongst others. Read other blogs by the author here. OTT platforms in India allow more filmmakers to express themselves freely regarding societal issues. This freedom comes at the price […]
Aamis: Between the Plates (Movie Review)
This post is written by Bilal Khan who is student of Christ University, Bengaluru. What we consider normal or not usually depends on our perception of things. A person can conform to the idea of love being compared to a rose. The metaphor stands as old as English poetry, and an individual could agree with […]
Human orgasm and its gender gap
Nicole Andrejek (@NicoleAndrejek) is a qualitative researcher on the Sex in Canada project at McMaster University and at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital. Her research interests include analyses of Canadians’ gender gaps, sexual practices, sexual health, and sexual pleasure. Her forthcoming book, Dating in the Digital Age (Routledge), examines undergraduate women’s experiences […]
