masculinities

Let’s Get Uncomfortable: How The Control Of Girls’ Sexuality Is Everybody’s Business In The World Of Child Marriage
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This immense pressure to perform masculinity throughout each day and night not only impacts men’s wellbeing, but it also inevitably impacts the way they interact with the world around them. These interactions – this performance of control over oneself and others – reinforce the social norms and norms of power that drive gender inequality.

By Anne Sprinkel
October 1, 2019
Let’s Get Uncomfortable: How The Control Of Girls’ Sexuality Is Everybody’s Business In The World Of Child Marriage
Brushstrokes: Harassment

Whether it is by checking harassment from fellow men, or by questioning one’s own internalisation of subtly sexist and harmful behaviour, there’s a whole range of ways to go about making a positive shift

By Curated Content
October 1, 2019
Brushstrokes: Harassment
Body Talk

Social norms don’t expect women to look muscular, but if men are muscular, it is considered sexy. Just by choosing to pursue a largely male-dominated sport that glorifies what is accepted as “masculine”, Karuna and Sibalika are pushing the boundaries of these labels.

By Zulfiya Hamzaki
October 1, 2019
Body Talk
Walk Away If He Calls The Mechanic
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This malignancy of toxic masculinity is a mutant inheritance that is hard to eradicate. However, initiating discussions about it and spreading awareness is essential to minimise the cost to its victims.

By Abdullah Erikat
October 1, 2019
Walk Away If He Calls The Mechanic
The Social Boundaries of Masculinity
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Through its vivid and raw depictions of socio-cultural life in rural Karnataka, the author, Vasudhendra, a key voice in contemporary Kannada literature, brings forth his identity in all its intersecting dimensions, through the inclusion of class, caste, religion, gender, rural-urban location, education and language.

By Abhiruchi Chatterjee
October 1, 2019
The Social Boundaries of Masculinity
Is This The Best A Man Can Be?
The best a man can be: A still from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa

In a patriarchal society, masculinities manifest or show-up as a very particular set of behaviours such as being controlling and dominating, often in violent ways. In fact, the root of masculinities in a patriarchal society emphasises practicing this violence and control.

By Saswati Chatterjee and Pauline Gomes
October 1, 2019
Is This The Best A Man Can Be?
Video Page: Moustaches Unlimited
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Is a moustache synonymous with the socially established understanding of what makes a ‘man’, is it what marks the degree of manliness, or rather, the degree of male privilege, and is it something that defines the kind of relationships men share with each other?

By Curated Content
October 1, 2019
Video Page: Moustaches Unlimited
 Hairy Caterpillars and I
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There is someone in my life who had a terrible childhood, has had several liaisons and whose father married twice. He says that he hated his father. How would his father react to his son’s liaisons if he were alive? If I love a cyborg or a person of the same gender, how will my father react?

By Anupom Kumar Hazarika
October 1, 2019
 Hairy Caterpillars and I
The Gillette Ad, APA Guidelines And Uri’s ‘Traditional Masculinity’
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Traditional masculinity is not without its problems but to eliminate its component of stoicism is to pull the rug from under a cast of tough and determined characters who make society function.

By Juhi Sidharth and Chaitanya Ravi
October 1, 2019
The Gillette Ad, APA Guidelines And Uri’s ‘Traditional Masculinity’
पुरुषत्व का सामाजिक दायरा 
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मोहनस्वामी – लेखक वसुधेंद्र अनुवाद – रश्मि तेरदल (हार्पर पेरेनियल Harper Perennial, 2016)   जब मैं छात्र जीवन में पढे गए…

By Abhiruchi Chatterjee
October 1, 2019
पुरुषत्व का सामाजिक दायरा 
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