Objectified And Pigeonholed: Scarlett Johansson On Being Hypersexualised
Johansson, however, discussed how times have changed for young female actors now because they are not forced into being limited to a certain genre or kind of character.
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Analysis Of 3.5 Million Books Show Bias In How Genders Are Described
Objectification of women isn’t always loud and stark, as we see on the silver screen. It can often be sublime, existing right under our nose, paragraph after paragraph
An App Which Let Men Disrobe Women. For Entertainment!
An App called DeepNude would let men undress women in their photographs using AI. While the app has been taken down, one needs to ask, how did it not come across as disturbing casualisation of perversion to the creators.
IPL Cheerleaders: Cheering From The Ground, Leered From The Stands!
Cheerleaders aren’t just girls wearing skimpy dresses and dancing for money, they have to invest time and energy into building their skill. Seeing that the Indian men’s response to them has not changed? Do we really need them? It’s about time we reconsider cheerleading as an added attraction for IPL matches. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Cheerleading has […]
Hardik Pandya Has Apologised, But Does It Mean Anything?
Cricketer Hardik Pandya may have apologised for his insensitive and misogynist comments on Koffee With Karan, but is that enough? It is not the first time that a celebrity lost his bearings with fame and access to a popular platform. In a bid to project a ‘cool’ image, Pandya ended up coming across as a […]
When Will Bollywood’s Breezy Affair With Item Number End?
Amidst all the din around how Bollywood treats its women, the industry has dumped yet another item number on us. The latest to hit the charts is ‘Husn Parcham’ featuring Katrina Kaif from the upcoming movie Zero. The rap smacked right in the middle of the song goes, Bang like a drum work my body, Aaj raat I’m […]
China’s Breast Model Contest Hypersexualises Women’s Bodies
Move over standards like a pretty face, gorgeous smile, luscious hair, or curvaceous figure, because the spotlight is now on women’s bosoms. Students from various universities across China participated in a Breast Model Contest, held in the middle of a farmland near Zhejiang province. The winner will get a chance to appear as a nude […]
HeadlessWomenHlywood: Objectification of Women in Film Posters
Stand-up comedian Marcia Belsky’s Twitter page HeadlessWomenHlywood, features film posters which show women sans their heads.Don’t let your eyes pop out of their sockets, at the thought that this is going to be a piece filled with gory details of crime against women in Hollywood. Indeed, this piece is about a crime against women in […]
Asking Women to Cover up is in fact Advocating Sexual Terrorism
Actor Natalie Portman shed light on how our society is encouraging sexual terrorism, by asking women to cover up and behave conservatively. While addressing Los Angeles’  Women’s March chapter on Saturday, she said that she understood very quickly, even as a 13-year-old, that if she were to express herself sexually, she would feel unsafe and that men […]
Foot In Mouth Again: AAP’s Kumar Vishwas Calls Women ‘Objects’ On TV Show
A Delhi resident has filed a complaint against AAP leader and poet Kumar Vishwas for making derogatory remarks about women on a popular TV show. Vishwas appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show, aired on July 1, and read a small poem in which he called married women as “Samaan”, meaning object in English. This infuriated Gopal, who lives […]
