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How Shallow is Our Understanding of Sexual Assault?

The Supreme Court has stayed the “disturbing” order by the Bombay High Court that stated groping without “skin to skin” contact cannot be considered sexual assault. But how do we put an end to such terrifying interpretations?

Arré Bench March 4, 2016

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It’s Time Indian Dads Got a Crash Course in Period Talk

The father is often an absent figure in a young girl’s journey to womanhood. If mothers can talk to their sons about puberty, why can’t dads talk to their daughters about their period?

Divya Unny March 4, 2016

Gender

Ties that Bind: How the Nose Ring that Enslaved My Mother Liberated Me

My mother refused to wear a nose ring, viewing it as yet another marker of marital status that found its way onto a woman’s body. By the time I was a teen, piercings signified a way for women to exercise their right over their bodies. I embraced this piece of jewellery as instantly as my mother had rejected it.

Anuradha Ganapathy March 2, 2016

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What Every Woman Must Remember While Celebrating the Victory of Priya Ramani

My mind kept coming back to the first words uttered by Priya Ramani after she was acquitted in the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar. “Me, the victim, had to stand in court as the accused.” What we are celebrating effectively is the fact that a sexual harassment survivor wasn’t convicted of defamation.

Poulomi Das March 2, 2016

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It’s Time For the Shy, “Sensitive” Men to Speak Up

A lot of the inappropriate behaviour we are seeing in this #MeToo era was dismissed as “boys being boys” when we were growing up. For years, “sissy/sensitive” guys cringed, but kept shut not wanting to be bullied or left out. Now is the time for them to speak up.

Aman Pandey March 1, 2016

Gender

My Bai, My Bae

Lalita isn’t my bai; she is my bae. Women like Lalita empower privileged women like us by taking over domestic responsibilities and cutting out all the scutwork we should be doing.

Deborah Grey March 1, 2016

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There’s No Such Thing as “Too Feminist”

The authorities of the city of Paris were fined for employing too many women in senior positions. To impose such ridiculous fines is to imply the existence of an imaginary “reverse inequality”.

Sahej Marwah March 1, 2016

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How I Learnt to Embrace My Mom Bod

It’s perfectly acceptable for a man to get broader as he ages. We’ve even coined a cute little name for the male, middle-aged spread: the dad bod. Then why isn’t there a corresponding mom bod? We can refer to them as MILJH... Mothers I’d Like To Just Hug.

Ashwina Garg March 1, 2016