Are Women Less Likely To Become Entrepreneurs?
Robert M. Sauer for The Conversation: A great deal of attention is paid to the glass ceiling that prevents women from climbing the corporate ladder. The under-representation of women at the executive...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘Pussy’ Talk Is Shameless, But The Clintons Have Propagated Rape...
“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.” These shocking, terrifying words uttered by US presidential candidate Donald Trump have been...
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It’s 2016 But Young Working Women Still Face Sexism, Wage Gap And Double...
By Saswati Chatterjee: I made the jump from college to work suddenly and found the transition to be both exciting and jarring. From a university student to a serious ‘working woman’ – the change took...
View ArticleHow Can I Make Sure I’m Not Sexist In My Relationship?
By Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan for Youth Ki Awaaz: Hello everyone! Let’s jump right in. T asked: I am 27, and am planning to have an arranged marriage. Tinder, OKC, Aisle etc, failed to find a match for...
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How Women Took Charge Of Their Own Rights In Post-Independent India
By the time we’re in our teens, all of us Indian school kids have memorized by rote the names of our country’s freedom fighters. Today, these names line the streets of the national capital. But by some...
View ArticleWhy Some Women Hate Other Women (And What We Can Do About It)
“I don’t like her because she wears too much make-up,” I heard my cousin remark about one of her peers the other day. Both her and the girl she was talking about are barely 15 – an age that’s an...
View ArticleIs Chivalry My Patriarchal Privilege Or Is It Just Me Being Nice?
By Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan for Youth Ki Awaaz: Hello everyone, What a week we’re having, eh? Let’s take a load off and look at today’s question instead. F asked: I’m all for gender equality, Aunty...
View ArticleHair Is What Men Think Of Women Who Don’t Wax Or Shave
It’s the month of November. The month where people show solidarity with the ones who are suffering from cancer by foregoing shaving and grooming. The money that they save in the process is donated to...
View ArticleWhy Every Queer Person Doesn’t Really Have To ‘Come Out’
Much too frequently, the legitimacy of a queer person’s identity comes to be defined (both within and beyond the LGBTQ community) by whether or not they are “out”, and their commitment to the LGBTQ...
View Article5 Good Reasons Why the LGBTQIA+ Acronym Shouldn’t Include ‘Ally’
By Sian Ferguson for Everyday Feminism: What does the “A” in “LGBTQIA+” stand for? Ally, right? Well, no. Despite what a lot of folks say, it doesn’t stand for ally – nor should it. There are a number...
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