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Author: Shubha Arvind

  • Jean Piaget: Biography and Contributions to Psychology

    Jean Piaget, a prominent figure in developmental psychology, was known for his theories that helped create an understanding of early development. In the field of psychology, developmental psychology has played a crucial role in understanding the development of the human mind. Combining evolutionary findings with present-day research developmental psychology aims at studying the change in…

  • Feminism In India: What You Need to Know

    Feminism In India: What You Need to Know: Gender inequality has existed in societies since the primitive ages. Primitive humans gendered their labour, where men went out to hunt while women reared children. Despite the evolution of society, which has led to more fluidity among gender roles, women are still oppressed and are victims of…

  • Understanding Police Brutality: Custodial Deaths of Jayaraj and Fenix

    A democratic society is comprised of three primary forms of power the legislature, the system that creates the laws which are passed by elected members of the parliament, the executive, the system that ensures the implementation of the laws approved by the legislature and the judiciary, the system that decides consequences for those who disobey…

  • Impacts of Rainbow Capitalism on the Indian Queer Movement

    The 6th of September 2018, was a significant landmark for the queer movement in India. The decriminalisation of consensual homosexual adult intercourse was passed following an amendment in Article 377 of the Indian penal code. This resulted in a tremendous outpour of support from the media as well as large corporations. To show their solidarity…

  • Differentiating Women’s Studies from Gender Studies

    Differentiating Women’s Studies from Gender Studies Gender has been an essential part of studying sociology. Gender defines a person’s roles and often positions in society. Sociologically, gender is seen as a critical aspect in looking at society as the way a society treats the people in society based on their gender often determines the type…

  • What is Gender Studies: Historical Ideologies and Challenges

      Historical Ideologies of Gender: Gender has been seen as a crucial aspect of societies. Gender studies look at the varying aspects that influence gender and how it shapes an individual’s personal and social identity.  Early primitive societies based gender based on the biological sexes, male and female and had defined gender roles. The males…