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Fashion. The moment you say this word there is a tendency to think of a particular gender. Fashion and clothes have extremely strong feminine connotations. According to society, these are topics that only interest women and comes under “girl talk”. Yet somehow the fashion industry is still dominated predominantly by men. According to a study …
Sex workers are women, men and transgender people who receive money or goods in exchange for sexual services. There are different types of services offered by sex workers but what is common between all those is the way people see a sex worker as if it is not a profession but a crime. Why is it …
MHAARI CHHORIYAAN CHHORON SE KAM HAI KE Dangal We have always heard that Indian cinema is the foundation of building gender stereotypes and over the years it has influenced a lot of people and their mind set to revolve around a particular image of women. But, this iconic dialogue of the movie ‘Dangal’ holds the …
What is period shaming? Period shaming is basically when someone is rendered impure and treated unusually, when going through their monthly menstrual cycle. She is made to believe that it is something which can only be discussed in private and solely with other women. Every activity is frowned upon from buying sanitary products to discussing …
There is a common liking for white face skin in the South Asian countries. Fair skin, especially in the female segment of these countries suggests superiority and beauty. The trend of using the fairness creams among them has emerged in the last fifty years. This obsession with being whitish has been greatly exploited by the …
Our Indian society revolves around two words sanskaar, and sanskaari. No one actually knows the correct meaning of these words but they sure use them a lot. People don’t seem to care whether they know the true meaning or not, because these two words give them a license to judge a person. So, Are you …
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants. Coco Chanel We all grow up watching movies and tv series and believe that this is what life will be like. The things portrayed are all valid and inspire us in a good or a wrong way. It draws a picture of an ideal …
There is no doubt when it comes to the fact that we have evolved and grown as a society. Whether it’s industrialization, globalization or even education. But even so, there are aspects of life that we still cannot come to terms with. Reason just being the rigidity of our mind.Menstruation is one of them. Getting …
The belief that virginity is valuable and sexual purity is of prime importance is coerced in women from a very young age. Losing it before marriage makes them “damaged”, “desperate” and even “sluts”. Women are shamed for having sex but men are rewarded for it. Virginity typically means never having had sex. However, sex has …
“Sex education”, for most of the population these two words don’t fit along. It is unacceptable for most societies to combine sex with the part of education. Sex has been a taboo word, it is not discussed in public but is considered as a private or personal topic to be talked about. For most of …