Male Body Shaming: It’s As Hard To Be Ken As It Is To Be Barbie When one looks up terms such as “body positivity” or “body image” on the Internet, the majority of content concerns and focuses on women – barely any considering men. Male body shaming is often kept out of the picture. In […]
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Intimacy and Sexual Relations with People with Mental Illnesses Physiological Importance of Intimacy While most of us assume that intimacy is something we only experience physically, intimacy also depends on, and greatly impacts, our brains. In fact, mental wellbeing and intimacy are so closely related that each can affect the other. Healthy and intimate interpersonal
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Sex During Pregnancy: Everything You Need To Know By – Saumya Khatri For a topic as unexplored as sex, it is quite common to have innumerable questions and doubts regarding it. The picture becomes even more complex when another unexplored and highly myth ridden topic of pregnancy combines itself with sex. Advice from family and
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LGBTQ- ‘B’ for Biphobia? By – Tanisha Saxena LGBTQ+ Glossary The LGBTQ+ community is an important and vibrant part of our society. It is thus important to know the different gender identities that comprise it and common terms related to them. Here are a few- Asexual | The lack of a sexual attraction or desire for other people
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Female Genital Mutilation in India By – Eshna Sharma Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a topic mired in secrecy and often swept under the carpet. We tend to think that it happens only in backward tribal communities and in far-off lands but the chilling reality is that the practice of FGM in India is alive
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Amendment of the MTP Act: Need of the Hour In the early 1960s, India realized the necessity for a law regarding abortion. Up until that, abortions were considered illegal under Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Almost 50 years ago, in the year 1971, the country finally watched as the Medical Termination of
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Eco-friendly Sex: Better for your Body and the Earth Being sexually active comes with great responsibilities – not just for the prevention of STIs and pregnancy, but environmentally, too. This is so because sex products have a humongous effect on the environment. Disposal of condoms, sex toys, lubes, and pills has been reported to generate more than
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Menstrual Hygiene 101: Beyond the 0s and 1s By – Bhavya Pandey Not all women menstruate and not all those who menstruate are women. “That time of the month” is not the same for all, and with period and menstrual hygiene products targeted towards cisgender women, there is a large demographic of transgender and gender-nonconforming
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Three Bollywood Movies That Sensitized Sexual Health & Wellness By – Sidharth Iyer With a few special exceptions, everybody – social scientists, movie makers, and laymen – seems to be in agreement that there are profoundly significant relationships between motion pictures and human behavior. The conceptual framework within which the significant analysis of the effects of
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Masturbation Month: Busting the Myths By – Saumya ‘Pleasure’ has always forced humankind to venture into the unknown. When combined with curiosity, it has made us develop various technologies, step into new lands and experiment with our food habits, meet new people and learn new languages. All the inventions and discoveries were possible because some
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