masculinities

Claiming One’s Space After False Sexual Harassment Allegations
Image of a bronze coloured ‘Lady Justice’ statue. The statue depicts a woman standing with blindfolds and a set of scales

Those who are rendered vulnerable due to their gender or sexuality, particularly those who are economically and socially disadvantaged (or less powerful) and lack the agency to speak up for themselves, are more prone to allegations, social ostracism and marginalization.

By Andy Stephen Silveira
April 5, 2021
Claiming One’s Space After False Sexual Harassment Allegations
Journey with a transman: A self-reflective note

At present Neel[1] and I live-together, part-time. I write part-time because I stay alternately with him and with my sister…

By Sutanuka Bhattacharya
May 1, 2020
Journey with a transman: A self-reflective note
The Social Boundaries of Masculinity

The book is especially remarkable for readers of both Indian English and Kannada literature, for amplifying the voice of sexual minorities in Indian towns and villages.

By Abhiruchi Chatterjee
January 2, 2020
The Social Boundaries of Masculinity
Editorial: Masculinities and Sexuality
Illustration of a boy sleeping

In this mid-month issue we bring you some more interesting and intriguing articles on masculinities and sexuality starting with Mona Mishra’s thoughtful take on masculinities and vulnerabilities. Shikha Aleya interviews Daniel Mendonca who self-identifies as intersex and is a gender rights activist who engages with diverse groups of people in India and other countries to expand awareness, build empathy and foster an environment that is accepting of diversity.

By TARSHI
October 15, 2019
Editorial: Masculinities and Sexuality
The Examined Life of Masculinities  
Two men with beards face each other

The inability to correctly identify, express and soothe (all three without exception, and in no particular order) inner vulnerabilities and imperfections is the weakest link between asserting masculinities and being able to properly live their full potential.

By Mona Mishra
October 15, 2019
The Examined Life of Masculinities  
Interview – Daniel Mendonca
Photo of Daniel Mendonca

Shikha Aleya interviews Daniel Mendonca who identifies as an intersex person and is a gender rights activist who has engaged with diverse groups of people in India and other countries, to expand awareness, build empathy and foster an environment that is accepting of diversity.

By Shikha Aleya
October 15, 2019
Interview – Daniel Mendonca
MeToo, Masculinity and Amrita Pritam
cover for "dilli ki galiyan' by amrita pritam, beside a picture of amrita pritam

Dilli ki Galiyaan therefore offers us a broader canvas for our desires, than the one afforded by the clear cut binaries of our current debates. The text shows that there will be masculinities that we urgently need to discourage; while men who do not encourage us will continue to exist.

By Ishan
October 15, 2019
MeToo, Masculinity and Amrita Pritam
3 Ways to Rethink Masculinity as a Newly Masculine-Presenting Person
Image of a trans man

Being a man isn’t about domination, and it definitely isn’t about subjugation of feminine people. We need to find a way to re-frame masculinity so that it isn’t diametrically opposed to respectful and equal gender relations.

By Curated Content
October 15, 2019
3 Ways to Rethink Masculinity as a Newly Masculine-Presenting Person
पुस्र्षत्व का बोध – सूची की नज़र से
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अस्वस्थ्य मर्दानगी या विषाक्त पुरुषत्व का हिंसक होने के लिए ज़रूरी नहीं है कि जाहिर तौर पर मौखिक या शररिक रूप से घातक हो। इसके लक्षण रोज़मर्रा के वार्तालाप या अंतरंग बातचीत से भी सामने आते है।

By Ashmeet K. Bilkhu
October 15, 2019
पुस्र्षत्व का बोध – सूची की नज़र से
Review: Unbelievable
a still from unbelievable

I believe that such mini-series as “Unbelievable” will help people have a better understanding of what women go through when they experience a horrific incident like rape or sexual assault.

By Elsa Marie D'Silva
October 15, 2019
Review: Unbelievable
उभयलिंगी देवत्व : कोलकाता की दुर्गा पूजा में ट्रांस-सेक्शुअलिटी का उत्सव 
The Ardhanarishwara replacing Goddess Durga

प्रतिमा का यह एक-चला रूप, जिसकी उपासना पहचान और पहचान की राजनीति से जुड़े क्विअर समुदाय के लोग करते हैं, जैविक सम्बन्धों और विषमलैंगिकता के विचार पर बनी परिवार की इस परिभाषा को चुनौती देता है।

By Kaustav Bakshi and Arnab Adak
October 15, 2019
उभयलिंगी देवत्व : कोलकाता की दुर्गा पूजा में ट्रांस-सेक्शुअलिटी का उत्सव 
Murderous Men: A Transnational Analysis of Domestic Violence, “Toxic” Masculinity and Patriarchy in India and the United States

As these correlations between gender development, physical violence and mass shootings come into sharper relief, the term “toxic masculinity” has become a staple of public discourse used to characterise men like Connor Betts, and even Sandeep Singh.

By Harjant Gill
October 15, 2019
Murderous Men: A Transnational Analysis of Domestic Violence, “Toxic” Masculinity and Patriarchy in India and the United States
Between “Behanchod” And Article 370 Lies India’s Fragile Maculinity
Kashmiri women watching a protest

The social contract of family becomes the sexual contract of the state, i.e. by placing women within the ‘domestic space’ under the ‘control’ of the ‘right’ kind of men. During partition this played out in the ‘reclaiming’ of the ‘abducted women’.

By dyuti
October 15, 2019
Between “Behanchod” And Article 370 Lies India’s Fragile Maculinity
As a Transman, The Pressure to Fit in the Masculine Role is Immense
Silhouette of a male figure sitting near a river

Masculinity once upon a time was just a word we studied in school, whose sole purpose was to differentiate binary gender in the society. Now masculinity is a criteria of a certain job that a person has to perceive to be called or termed as one.

By Curated Content
October 15, 2019
As a Transman, The Pressure to Fit in the Masculine Role is Immense
Feminist or Feminazi?
Feminist symbol

The use of terms that convert the movement for women’s empowerment into extreme militancy in order to reject the movement altogether is indeed a sombre example of diverting attention from the real problems that exist in society and projecting women’s protests against sexual crimes or standing up for their rights as one of “mob lynchings” or wrongly adducing the news of repealing “Adultery” as a move that allows women to have sexual relations outside of marriage.

By Sanya Talwar
October 15, 2019
Feminist or Feminazi?
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