Gender

Society’s Gendered Double Standards for One’s Vulnerability

There was a time when men were dismissed as an ‘emotion-less’ gender. Because of the way boys are socialized, their ability to deal with emotions has been systemat...

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Pakistan Stands Up for Transgender Rights

Transgenders are a diverse community, representing all racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as faith backgrounds. They come from all walks of life. They are dads and moms, b...

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Working Mom? Feel Guilty No More!

While many believe the ‘ideal situation’ for young children is one where their mother doesn’t work at all (according to a 2015 Pew report) but studies sugges...

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Meet Sandra Moran: Guatemala’s First Openly Lesbian Congresswoman

Sandra Moran, 55, was elected to Congress as its first openly gay member in the September 2015 general election. She took office in January 2016, promising to drive forward re...

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A Team of Women Conserve the Giant Gentle Manta Rays

At up to 23 feet wide and 5,300 pounds, calling a manta ray “giant” is an understatement. Manta rays have the biggest brain of any fish, so underwater genius is mo...

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The Tenacious Problem of Surplus Men in India and China

A combination of cultural preferences, government decree and modern medical technology in the world’s two largest countries has created a gender imbalance on a continent...

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#PayMeToo Campaign to close the Gender Pay Gap

April 10th was Equal Pay Day, which marks the point in the year where women in the US have to work to catch up with what men earned last year. The median annual difference is ...

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Want to punish Women with Power… Call them Witches!

Powerful women have been cast as witches in the past and this phenomenon continues to exist in the present time too, in a rather stereotypical way. Madeline Miller writes in T...

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Women Open up about Sexuality and Pleasure

In November 2016, Chelsea Beck left her job as an assistant curator at The Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles to pursue a one of a kind “personal project” &mdash...

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Volunteers to add overlooked Stories of Women to Wikipedia

Our culture has a glaring tendency to elevate the achievements of men over the achievements of women. In fact, according to Jami Mathewson, Educational Partnerships Manager at...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: 50 YEARS OF GARM HAWA

On Balraj Sahni’s birth anniversary, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at the lasting l...

May 1 2024

GENDER: A WIFE'S HILARIOUS TALE DURING IPL FEVER

Monojit Lahiri hilariously recounts the rollercoaster ride of being an IPL victim, with ...

May 1 2024

FESTIVALS: OPENING AND CLOSING FILMS AT KASHISH 2024

KASHISH 2024 unfurls Diversity with Gender-Queer and Transman focused films as its Openi...

April 30 2024