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This article was originally published here under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Genna & Felix by Kate Arthur. Image source: @katearthurartist A university…
Every part of life, the world too, is storied. Stories are the thread that hold histories and truths together. Stories are at the core of myth-making. Everything that we know is part of multiple crisscrossing relational storylines that we raise and those that we have no power in raising.
Sexual violence is a global pandemic affecting one in three women at least once in their lifetime. The statistics in India are equally shocking. National Crime Records Bureau statistics of 2014 indicate that a rape occurs every 20 minutes in India.
This piece won’t write itself as an opinion piece or a review of experiences that happened or were bound to…
During my interaction with students as a part of sexuality education classes in schools, one frequently asked question by boys is,“How to charm a girl?”
Being a journalism student once, and having a network of seniors and batch mates who came from a journalism background,…
Adam Pearson was born with a condition that causes tumours to grow on his face. But acting with Scarlett Johansson in ‘Under the Skin’ is changing the way people look at him.
Online dating websites and apps are one of those technological innovations that people did not think would ever do well….
Female sexuality isn’t in the closet any more. If you look at the spate of films that have been released in the past couple of years, they seem to tell us that women mouth expletives, watch porn and don’t mind talking about orgasms—things taken for granted when it comes to men.
From not being allowed to work to having their earnings exploited, many women confront economic abuse, a recognised form of domestic abuse.
The only thing this language achieves (and maybe it is also the goal), is to create enough panic so that women themselves police and restrict their own mobility and whereabouts, and keep themselves away from public spaces whenever possible.
My first ‘date’ was at a festival screening of an understated French-Canadian film that featured a tremendous amount of chatter and Chopin. I qualify ‘date’ because, while I was certainly on the brink of tumbling head over heels, the object of my affection, let’s call her ObjA, was blithely unaware of the romantic hopes that hinged upon our meeting.
Historically, morality has been a privilege of the Savarna, and sexuality has been the fort that Savarna men seek to protect through patriarchy.
In the middle of this pandemic, can one seek sexual support in the form of a hook up with one’s best friend, ‘just because’? Is it redefining boundaries, is it sympathy sex, is it simple indulgence, or is it something that one or both might later resent?
This article was originally published here. This article not based on any studies I know of, but then I know…