Category: Women and Culture
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Ok, fine! All Women are Stupid and Gullible. Then Govt Must Also Make Laws On Fake Godmen Who Take Advantage of, Exploit Women
The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code provisions which requires young live-in couples to register themselves is an insane mindless attack at the most personal matters of our lives. Before this, the Uttar Pradesh government brought so called “anti-conversion” law which was an attack against young inter-faith couples. Such patriarchal laws only exist in fully Islamic country…
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Uttarakhand Women’s Group Rejects Draft UCC Bill
The Uttarakhand women’s groups and representatives reacted sharply to the Uttarakhand Draft Bill on Uniform Civil Code and rejected it in toto. A Bill criminalizing constitutional behaviour, and introducing moral policing is unacceptable, the group proclaimed. The Women’s group observe that the Uttarakhand Draft UCC Bill is predominantly a cut paste from the Hindu family…
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Woman Raped Repeatedly By Giving Spiked “Panchamrit” To Ward Off Evil Spirits and Vastu Mistakes
A 35-year-old woman in Palghar districts in Maharashtra was allegedly raped multiple times by five men in the pretext of removing evil spirits from her husband’s life and vaastu mistakes in her home. The five men, Ravindra Bhate, Dileep Gaikwad, Gaurav Salvi, Mahendra Kumavat and Ganesh Kadam have been arrested. The men are the victim’s…
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Government Making Women Dance in Front Of Guests Arriving for G20 Summit, Reducing Women To “Item Numbers”
Why is the Government of India making various groups of women dance at the airport to welcome the international guests arriving for G20 Summit and reducing them to item numbers? Dancing is not a traditional way to welcome guests in Indian culture. The whole idea is deeply sexist, and offensive to both women and Indian…