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Here’s why I think the society should not obsess over a woman’s virginity
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Here’s why I think the society should not obsess over a woman’s virginity

By Indian Home Maker for her personal blog Here’s an article from TOI that I think encourages sexist fallacies. Great…
By Curated Content
March 16, 2015
Here’s why I think the society should not obsess over a woman’s virginity
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
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Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.

By Karthik Shankar This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  It was fifth grade;…
By Curated Content
February 15, 2015
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
Are ‘Sexpert’ Columns The Only Options Left For Our Deepest, Most Intimate Doubts?
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Are ‘Sexpert’ Columns The Only Options Left For Our Deepest, Most Intimate Doubts?

By Kirrat Sachdeva This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  As soon as I…
By Curated Content
February 3, 2015
Are ‘Sexpert’ Columns The Only Options Left For Our Deepest, Most Intimate Doubts?
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
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Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing

By Nishtha Relan This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  I remember an…
By Curated Content
January 16, 2015
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
Let India Make Cheap Drugs
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Let India Make Cheap Drugs

David Singh Grewal and Amy Kapczynski for The NY Times Last month, the United States and India announced an important…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2014
Let India Make Cheap Drugs
Woman In Street Harassment Video: ‘I Do Not Feel Safe Right Now’
Woman In Street Harassment Video: ‘I Do Not Feel Safe Right Now’
November 15, 2014
Woman In Street Harassment Video: ‘I Do Not Feel Safe Right Now’
A Review Essay: The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men
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A Review Essay: The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men

The Sexuality of Migration speaks only to gay men from Mexico. It is reticent on the issues of other non-normative sexualities such…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2014
A Review Essay: The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men
Child, interrupted
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Child, interrupted

The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s conviction of two British paedophiles last week. But there are many other cases…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2014
Child, interrupted
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
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That Hashtag Was My Colleague

By Sonia Khan | Grist Media – Mon 18 Aug, 2014 Doubting doctors, corrupt cops, jeering lawyers and, of course,…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
‘Popular Stereotyping’
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‘Popular Stereotyping’

Time and again, our films underline the supremacy of man. Modernity is reduced to a matter of packaging. A modern…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
‘Popular Stereotyping’
Discourse of desire
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Discourse of desire

By: Nupur Sharma The Hindu. Shohini Ghosh at Lodhi Garden Restaurant, New Delhi. Photo: V.V. Krishnan Over a hearty meal, film…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
Discourse of desire
Woman, man or a little bit of both? How deciding Caster Semenya’s gender is more complex than you might think
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Woman, man or a little bit of both? How deciding Caster Semenya’s gender is more complex than you might think

This post was originally published at Mail Online. The family and friends of the teenager who struck gold in the women’s…
By Curated Content
September 15, 2014
Woman, man or a little bit of both? How deciding Caster Semenya’s gender is more complex than you might think
Sport is slowly catching up with transgender realities
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Sport is slowly catching up with transgender realities

“The UFC was appalled by the transphobic comments made by heavyweight Matt Mitrione,” stated the mixed martial arts governing body, which recently suspended…
By Curated Content
September 15, 2014
Sport is slowly catching up with transgender realities
Let’s talk about sex education and disability
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Let’s talk about sex education and disability

By: Teresa Fitzherbert For years the need of disabled people for sex and relationship education has been ignored. Campaigners want…
By Curated Content
August 18, 2014
Let’s talk about sex education and disability
August 15, 2014
Loree Erickson: Redefining ‘Sexy’
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