masculinities

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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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