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Marriage is not a union between two people, it’s a union of two families. It doesn’t matter which culture or religion you belong to, marriage is an important event in every religion and culture. Even this Covid-19 pandemic can’t stop people from marrying. So Yes marriage is a really big deal in everyone’s life. Thus, …
Talks concerning sex and sexuality are considered to be Taboo in some parts of India even in the 21st century. According to an article in Psychology today peer pressure and lack of sex education leads to unhealthy sex practices. Most of the teens feel the pressure to have sex before they are ready. After years …
Human rights violation has been prevalent for years everywhere. Women have been facing a lot of health and social issues because of the lack of toilets. Right to private latrine is as basic as right to food. India still remains to be the number one country for open defecation, overpopulation, lack of sanitation and a …
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 …
A feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Feminism as a movement focuses on liberation, from the prescribed gender roles. Men, women …
Femicide, the term was first used in England to describe “killing of a woman”. Later on, Carol Orlock, an American author, initiated the use of the term in her anthology on femicide. Diana E.H. Russell, a feminist writer, first used the term in public when giving a speech on first International Tribunal on Crimes Against …
The other day I was walking alone and a guy kept following me, it was not the first time, and I have seen him around so many times and it wasn’t comfortable, and I was clueless as what to do. My friend received some many unnecessary inappropriate messages over social media. Yes, you guessed it …
After years of turmoil and discussions around the globe, women are still subjected to discrimination and inequality at their workplaces. A lot has been done in the past few years, yet there remains a tremendous amount of work to be done to close the gender gap. What is Gender Inequality? Gender inequality is the social process …
It involves educating children generally of adolescent age about sexual health and related aspects. It includes hormonal changes, anatomy, reproduction, sexual urges and attraction, menstruation and psychological responses to these changes. Primarily the source of this education should be parents. Secondarily, schools should compulsorily inculcate sex education in their curriculum. In India if we talk …
“Marriages are pure and are made in heaven” is the quote that the Indian society lives by. However, the word ‘Heaven’ in the statement asserts that marriage is more of a religious ritual between two people as far as one is a man and the other is a Woman. Marriages in India are often seen …