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Crying at movies ruins your mardangi ? – Ask Aamir Khan #Masculinity #Patriarchy

  August 29, 2015, 1:01 AM IST TOI Edit in TOI Editorials |  Edit Page  | TOI Aamir Khan says it doesn’t and he’s got the backing of Ronaldo, Rafa and Becks Boys don’t cry. Men don’t cry at the movies. Aamir Khan cries at the movies…. Continue Reading →

#India – Petition to Withdraw the ‘Golden Mother’ Award by the University of Calicut #patriarchy

ToProf. M. Abdul Salam, Vice-Chancellor, University of CalicutMembers of the Syndicate, University of CalicutThe University of Calicut has recently announced the institution of a‘Golden Mother Award,’ with the stated objective of highlighting “thecontribution of mothers to societal development and nation… Continue Reading →

#India – Tribal girls going under knife for virginity #Vaw #Patriarchy #WTFnews

Kelly Kislaya, TNN Apr 26, 2013, RANCHI: Conservative India‘s preference for a blushing, untouched bride is now making a mark in tribal societies, where virginity was never really an issue in the past. Hymenoplasty, or hymen repair surgery, which has for long… Continue Reading →

#India Supeme Court ‘male child’ reasoning a khap dikatat ? #WTFnews #Vaw #Patriarchy

By Swati Deshpande, TNN | Feb 7, 2013, MUMBAI: Legal experts and human and women’s rights activists have expressed dismay over a reasoning given by the Supreme Court while upholding a death sentence in a 2007 case of kidnapping and murder of a… Continue Reading →

The empire within: India’s imperialist misogyny, a response to Madhu Kishwar #Vaw #Patriarchy

By Pubali Ray Chaudhuri Posted on January 28, 2013 by Pubali Ray Chaudhuri Tehelka, a leading investigative Indian news magazine, has just published an article “Rape, and How Men See it,” that I hope will become an important resource for readers and researchers alike looking for… Continue Reading →

#India- To hell with modesty- #Vaw #Law #Patriarchy

TO HELL WITH MODESTY The vocabulary of sexual assault framed in the 19th century still persists in the IPC KIM ARORA TIMES NEWS NETWORK , Jan 19,2013 Language is seldom value-neutral. It is more like a looking glass that shapes… Continue Reading →

Miss-o-Gyny #Vaw #Patriarchy #Bollywood #Sundayreading

Shubhra Gupta : New Delhi, Sun Jan 06 2013, A few days back, someone I thought I knew well cornered me with a volley of verbal abuse. A few days back, someone I thought I knew well cornered me with… Continue Reading →

We must find a new language of defining women #Vaw #Feminism #Patriarchy

All about my mothers Monobina Gupta | January 5, 2013   We must find a new language of defining women because they can never be free, or safe, if we persist with old patriarchal notions of looking at them, says Monobina Gupta…. Continue Reading →

Probed, declared pregnant, tribal women now ostracized #Vaw #WTFnews

TNN | Jun 12, 2013, JABALPUR: A tribal panchayat has excommunicated families of nine girls from Madhya Pradesh‘s Betul district, who were found pregnant at a mass marriage event under mukhya mantri kanyadaan yojna. The girl’s were sent away from the event… Continue Reading →

#Delhigangrape-It’s Not about Patriarchy #Vaw

Linking it to the Delhi gangrape is an exercise in self-delusion BY Omar Ahmad , Open Magazine, Jan 19,2013 TAGGED UNDER | violence | Delhi gangrape | patriarchal culture MISHIT Maybe it was inevitable, but it is still sad to see the protest around the death of… Continue Reading →

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