Gender

But what #MenToo has instigated is more anger towards victims of sexual violence, instead of the need for more anger towards sexual violence.

Depression is one of the most common disorders that disproportionately affects women in low- income countries like India.

The concept of gendered etiquette not only creates a gap between gender and defining gender roles, but also maintains the gap between social classes.

Whenever I call her and tell her my body hurts, she tells me hers does too. It happens when you don’t take rest, she says. In the commonness of our pain, I wonder, if this is true for all women’s bodies.

Men face problems. Women face problems. But it is important to address them in their rightful space. Here are some ways in which men’s rights activism attempts to usurp the space that feminist activism creates for itself

Even at the peak of the #MeToo movement in India, many Indian women in positions of power continued to defend and enable the men who sexually exploited, harassed, or assaulted other women.

These costumes, the seductive but aggressive dance steps, the excessive makeup and overacting—all these elements in popular culture together contribute to a narrative in India of equating snakes with evil women.

New India at 75 consists of forty one chapters, falling under four sections. The section on Inclusion deals with the much needed task of investing in the capabilities of Indian citizens, dealing with issues of health, education, and those who are traditionally marginalised.

There are also others who confess their love for whistling but they had to give up on their passion and surrender to phrases like—“Girls don’t whistle” or “Good girls don’t whistle”.

While the words and language used may vary, the goal of gaslighting is to undermine the target by portraying her as unreasonable, unreliable and inherently defective in mind as well as character/morality.