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The Road Not Taken: NCERT Inclusivity Manual

The Road Not Taken: NCERT Inclusivity Manual In Indian schools and institutions, the meaning of ‘inclusiveness’ often gets lost as a principle and value the schools wish to abide by. However, in practice, schools often become the epicenter of discrimination and prejudices in action towards pliable juveniles that often scar them for life.  We often …

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How Effective Is School Menstrual Hygiene Management?

How Effective Is School Menstrual Hygiene Management? Winkler (2020) puts the discussion about menstruation in the intersection of class, caste, physiology, psychology, and sexuality into the academic collection Beauty in Blood. The range of topics which it brings into its ambit puts it down clearly that the act of making policies for menstrual hygiene management …

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Vex-Ed About Sex-Ed: An Interview With Mallika and Vartika

Vex-Ed About Sex-Ed: An Interview With Mallika and Vartika Saairah Mehta had the opportunity to interview the co-founders of a sex-ed organization, Vex-Ed, Mallika Bawa, and Vartika. Mallika and Vartika attended school together and have been friends ever since. Mallika studies zoology at St. Xaviers University, Mumbai, and Vartika studies biomedical sciences at the University of Cincinnati. Vex-Ed …

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Stereo about the Stereotypes

Stereo about the Stereotypes At the very onset, this article will clear certain preliminary points. First, the treatment of stereotypes is not based on the clinical, ‘authenticate’ definition of any manual of psychology. Second, the article does not claim that there has not been any progress, but only highlights the underlying forces, parallel to the definition of …

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What a Slut!

What a Slut! Written by- Abhivyakti Gupta & Vagmi Sharma Who is a Sex Worker? “Unethical! Illegal! What a disgrace! This is socially unacceptable!! Shameless!” These are often the words that come to one’s mind when they hear the word ‘sex worker’. According to WHO, sex work is defined as the provision of sexual services for money or …

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Benevolent Sexism

Benevolent Sexism Written by- Aadya Gupta and Nandini Shukl The Uglier Side of Sexism Sexism has two sides, the hostile and well recognized, which consists of denying women access to areas deemed ‘important’, and the other (falsely) benevolent, which involves praising their skills in traditionally feminine and undervalued tasks. These two sides combine to form ambivalent …

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