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Covered Up: The Favourite Dress Code
Read more: Covered Up: The Favourite Dress CodeBy — Siddarth Pool Abstract Modesty is often presented as a personal virtue, a cultural value, or at worst, a mildly inconvenient dress code enforced by relatives at weddings. The article states that Modesty has greater political utility to society than one would think. From a sociological standpoint modesty has been used throughout history and…
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The Paradox of Religious Women and Women as Religious Leaders: The Presence of Practice and the Absence of Power
Read more: The Paradox of Religious Women and Women as Religious Leaders: The Presence of Practice and the Absence of PowerBy: Manushree Mahat Abstract Research has found that globally, women are more religious than men. In an unsurprising paradox, however, there is a higher percentage of religious leaders who are men, in comparison to women. In my research essay, I’d like to analyze how this paradox is essentially the result of patriarchy deeply rooted in…
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From Belief to Institutions: Feudalism and Patriarchy and the Restructuring of Religious Authority
Read more: From Belief to Institutions: Feudalism and Patriarchy and the Restructuring of Religious AuthorityBy – Kadambari Chand Abstract This article explores the prevalent feminist understanding of religion being inherently patriarchal by moving away from religious beliefs and focusing on religious institutions. It argues that many patriarchal features associated with religion actually emerged alongside the consolidation of land, property and political power under the dominant ruling groups, after the…
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Gendered State and Parochial laws: The Rape that a State Commits
Read more: Gendered State and Parochial laws: The Rape that a State CommitsBy – Manushree Mahat Abstract The gendered state spills over into law and policymaking when it comes to gendered-based violence(GBV)- which is predominantly observed in the language of sexual violence and rape laws. While the scope of definition of rape, and the severity of its consequential punishment has expanded over the years–it still remains largely…
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Protecting Women, Preserving Hierarchies: Paternalism and the Gendered Indian State
Read more: Protecting Women, Preserving Hierarchies: Paternalism and the Gendered Indian StateBy – Kadambari Chand Abstract This article conceptualises the idea that while the modern state’s policies are cloaked in the rhetoric of protecting women, in reality, they undermine their bodily and sexual autonomy, relegating them to the status of subordinate subjects of the state. This subordination is brought by using both formal legal systems and…
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Marital Rape and Primitive Accumulation in India: Part 1
Read more: Marital Rape and Primitive Accumulation in India: Part 1By – K.S. Prathignya Abstract: This article applies a Marxist-Feminist framework to understand how marital rape unveils the reality of what bodily autonomy is regarded as in India, displaying how it inherently shapes the discourse around women’s personal sovereignty. It will argue that marital rape is used as a tool to continue the primitive accumulation…
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The Politics Written on Skin: Reclaiming Bodily Autonomy as Feminist Politics
Read more: The Politics Written on Skin: Reclaiming Bodily Autonomy as Feminist PoliticsBy – Chinmayi J. Abstract A fundamental issue in feminist and gender justice discourse is bodily autonomy. However, concepts such as the state, capitalism, caste, race, religion, and patriarchy all interact to shape this unequal distribution of autonomy. This article explores bodily autonomy as a contentious area within the gender and social spectrum, contending that…
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Women and Romance: The Concept of a Soulmate
Read more: Women and Romance: The Concept of a SoulmateBy — K.S. Prathignya Abstract: This article examines how certain romantic concepts such as the ‘soulmate’ often restrict the mobility of a woman’s autonomy. This leads to the strengthening of marriage as an institution due to the bargaining of a woman’s autonomy becoming a life-long process. Introduction Love refers to an emotion which includes strong…
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Over Socialisation mistaken for empathy: A critical analysis of the portrayal femininity in film
Read more: Over Socialisation mistaken for empathy: A critical analysis of the portrayal femininity in filmBy – K.S. Prathignya Abstract This article examines how cinema portrays and promotes qualities of over socialisation as a part of feminine standards, but often describes it as empathy instead. It argues that this internalisation of gender norms is a gradual process. Through a cross comparison between two forms of cinema, there is a connection…
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Choked, Torn and Bleached: The Global Bioeconomies of the Female Body
Read more: Choked, Torn and Bleached: The Global Bioeconomies of the Female BodyBy – Sujal Bamal Abstract A preference that is established on the obsession of molding the female body to soothe the male gaze is a system of control disguised as beauty. Rooted in gendered, economic and cultural power, aesthetic standards emerge at the start of every decade and the female anatomy serves as the canvas…
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Liberal Feminism and Economic Hegemony – A Critical Analysis of Sydney Sweeney’s Bath Soap, the Commodification of Sex and Patriarchal Desire in Late Capitalist Markets
Read more: Liberal Feminism and Economic Hegemony – A Critical Analysis of Sydney Sweeney’s Bath Soap, the Commodification of Sex and Patriarchal Desire in Late Capitalist MarketsBy – K.S. Prathignya Abstract This article examines the commodification of women’s bodies under liberal feminism, using critical frameworks to correlate it with the recent controversy of Sydney Sweeney’s ‘bath-water soap’. This article argues that liberal feminism places ‘empowerment of a woman’ on her body, however her body is sold for the male gaze. This…
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Sati, Savitri and the Modern Hindu Woman
Read more: Sati, Savitri and the Modern Hindu WomanMyth breathes in the fabric of everyday life, binding Hindu women to the timeless figures of Sita, Draupadi, and Savitri. In a world that celebrates their endurance while silencing their dissent, mythology becomes less a source of inspiration and more a mirror of control. This article explores how ancient ideals persist under modern guises, shaping…
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