Rape Culture

What 'bois locker room' case underscores about misogyny: The real problem isn’t on Instagram, it’s in our homes

The execution of the men responsible for torturing and raping Jyoti Singh on a Delhi bus in 2012 has deterred nothing. That’s because the problem isn’t on Instagram or some ill-lit street. It is in our homes, where we’re rearing our sons, the rapists.

Hyderabad rape and murder: Regressive worldview, acute failure of laws — has anything really changed between 2012 and now?

Has anything at all changed with regard to rape in India between 2012 and now? Would anything change if all of those men had been strung up from the nearest pole?

Hyderabad rape and murder: Need systematic approach, not mob-pleasing reactions to tackle sexual violence against women

The brutal gangrape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad last Thursday has left the nation in a state of shock. As we are made to revisit the trauma of 2012 Delhi gangrape case, this could be an opportune moment to reassess where we are going wrong in tackling sexual violence and why the menace has gotten worse since the gruesome assault on the 23-year-old paramedic despite stringent laws and fast-track courts.

Arun, Kalie Poorie were 'complicit' in sexual harassment complaint, claims Ex-India Today editor Rukmini Sen; groups calls her 'malicious'

A former employee of the India Today Group has accused Aroon Purie and Kalie Purie of being "complicit" in "playing with the wellbeing of their women professionals" and for "delaying the process of justice" over a sexual harassment involving group news director Supriya Prasad

Mysskin's 'rape' remark about Mammootty shows film industry's insensitivity towards crimes against women

Mysskin's audience burst into applause when he spoke about 'raping' Mammootty, thus acknowledging his remark as the ultimate compliment to the actor

#MeToo movement has been in the making for decades: 'Bitch Doctrine' author Laurie Penny

Bitch Doctrine author Laurie Penny chats with Firstpost about navigating the Donald Trump, #MeToo, Brexit era

As #MeToo gains momentum, let's look at how people view feminism and male privilege in urban India

Even as #MeToo spread like wildfire, several men and women ridiculed and criticised the social media campaign as well as feminism and people who fight for women's rights

Films like Naked raise questions both publicly and privately

For Naked, conceptualised by Arindam Sil and Ritabhari Chakraborty and starring Kalki Koechlin and Chakraborty, views are mixed.

This woman chose to forgive her rapist: Watch the TED talk in which she explains why

For rape survivor and TED speaker Thordis Elva, forgiving her rapist translated into self-healing

'Felt like a raped woman': Why this faux pas is not only Salman Khan's fault

Salman Khan isn't really the issue. Rape culture is.