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Shake It! Let’s Demystify Masturbation Now!

Shake It! Let’s Demystify Masturbation Now! To begin with such a piece, it is essential that masturbation, at the initiation, be considered an important topic to deliberate upon. It is as essential a repository of questions, as the domain of menstruation. Stigmas and misconceptions about masturbation have persisted through different generations, and continue to do

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Penile Hygiene: Don’t Let The Cream Get Crammed!

Penile Hygiene: Don’t Let The Cream Get Crammed! The male and female reproductive organs, namely the penis and vagina, have different appearances. But their roles and functions are nearly alike. This article will shed light on their similarity. But most importantly it addresses the role of smegma and foreskin towards penile hygiene. As a topic,

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Six Pop Culture Characters That Redefined Masculinity

Six Pop Culture Characters That Redefined Masculinity The ‘Angry Young Man’ stereotype was conceived in the 60s, and it impacted our pop culture more than any other era. Anyhow, it’s chipping away one character at a time with more healthy and redefined masculinity, dismantling patriarchal junk in today’s age. We are shoved in heteronormative play-pens

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Puberty In Boys: How Should You Deal With The Changes?

Puberty In Boys: How Should You Deal With The Changes? Lately, a lot of post-puberty “glow-up” posts have been doing rounds on social media. But we often overlook what goes on behind the scenes of these glow-ups – the sudden physical, emotional and behavioral changes. The process of puberty, or the changes that happen as

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Performance Anxiety And The Hush-Hush

Performance Anxiety And The Hush-Hush Not only has patriarchal conditioning exhausted a man socially. It has also culturally, and familially, but even on the sexual forefront, men aren’t spared. While a woman faces condemnation for sexualizing herself at all, a man is somehow responsible for a mindblowing sexual experience. It somehow becomes as his life

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Let’s Talk About Men Who Don’t Really Feel Sexually Attracted

Let’s Talk About Men Who Don’t Really Feel Sexually Attracted Pratisandhi interviewed Dr. Pragati Singh on the prevalence of asexuality and asexual men. She is a Medical graduate from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, and an SRHR Consultant. She is the founder of Indian Aces, an initiative that started as a community for aces (asexual people)

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No Pride Without Prejudice

No Pride Without Prejudice Vibhuti focuses on how the essence of ‘Pride’ in society derives its foundation from the prejudices that precede it. Pride is not understood independently of the compound beliefs that misguide the being of it. Even after each landmark judgment, there are legal shortcomings that further fuel these biased notions and prejudices that

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