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Category: Gender Sociology

  • Stirring the Pot of Women’s Subordination: Women, food and patriarchy 

    ‘Maa ke haath ka khana’ (food cooked by mother) is a statement of utmost sentimental value in Indian culture and a source of exhibiting love and affection. This emotional connection between mother and food can be argued to have a patriarchal aspect. Similarly, one can analyze the same about the tradition of ‘Pehli rasoi’ (first…

  • An Introduction to Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’ and the Emergence of the Subaltern as her own Rescuer

    In the Mahabaratha epic Yudhishthira, the Pandava prince, and a plural husband of the princess Draupadi, loses everything in the episode which narrates the story of the Game of Dice; a familiar and recounted episode from the great epic and one which plays a determinant role in the war between the cousins. In a pivotal…

  • CAPITALISING THE NEW FACE OF MASCULINITY

    Introduction: “This primordial investment in the social games (illusio) which make a man a real man – the sense of honour, virility, ‘manliness’, or, as the Kabyles say, ‘Kabylness’ (thakbaylith) – is the undisputed principle of all the duties towards oneself, the motor or motive of all that a man ‘owes to himself’, in other…

  • IS GENDER A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT? EXPLAINED

    Synopsis: There has been a long-standing debate about whether a person’s gender is biologically-defined or ascribed to them based on social constructions. Feminist theory divides sex and gender into two distinct aspects of individuals’ identity, thereby separating the biological and the social. This article explains the difference between sex, or the biological, and gender, or…

  • Top 10 American Feminists and Their Contributions

    American Feminists: Feminism is a movement and discourse exploring the pertinent question that has become politically commonplace in contemporary society. It asks the question: ‘why is there inequality between the genders?’ The feminist discourse not only explores the social dimensions of this issue but also the philosophical, economic and political aspects of it. While the…

  • The Gendered Nature of Labour and Leisure

    Women spend two to ten times as much time as men on unpaid care jobs across the world. This unfair and skewed distribution of responsibilities is associated with discriminatory gender roles. “Gender differences in unpaid care work is the missing link in the analysis of gender gaps in labour outcomes, such as labour force participation,…

  • Role of the Brahmo Samaj in Social Movements – Women Empowerment

    Role of the Brahmo Samaj in social movements aimed at improving the position of Women in Bengal The position of women in society as a topic of discussion can more often than not, be summarised into one single word – abysmal. The overwhelming presence that patriarchal societies possess, across the globe is arguably the first…