Madi, a Bettarukumba woman from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, has been fighting hard to see the forest guard who sexually assaulted her arrested, even though the Forest and Police departments seem determined to ignore her.
An Adivasi woman in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhilai Kheda village was gang-raped by a group of men including her husband, paraded naked and forced to drink urine in front of her minor son. She told police that her husband ordered the punishment because of a land dispute. In Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah, a 15-year-old girl killed herself after her family was threatened by a group of men who had attempted to rape her older sister over a property dispute.
But naturally, rape isn’t real. Because even animals cannot be dragged away without their consent, says Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agrawal.
Why talking about toilets in the light of violence against women can wait.
Hollywood’s best-kept secret: it’s run, you know, by a secret cabal of black women.
Being skinny doesn’t make you a better runner. And a reminder that sports coaches are as susceptible to gender norms as anyone else.
Three helpful phrases when dealing with men who just won’t listen: “Stop interrupting me”, “I just said that”, “No explanation needed”.