While the country is finally addressing the issue of rampant sexual abuse faced by young girls, we must not take “bad touch” complaints from young boys lightly either. It is a fact that boys face sexual abuse too, but often issues like masculinity and misplaced notions about sexual abuse prevent people from seeing men and […]
Sushmita Sen’s account of being harassed at the hands of a 15-year-old boy makes us question what our children are learning in the name of social conduct. According to a report in The Indian Express, the actor recounted this incident at an event in Mumbai recently. She said, “Six months ago at an award function, […]
This year the CBSE student counselling helpline received nearly three times more calls from boys than girls. The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) annual outreach programme to help students beat exam stress takes off in February every year and provides counselling to students till April. However, students continue to call the helpline number even […]
It is very common in Indian households to see young girls being issued with a list of “do’s and don’ts” as soon as they reach a particular age. Besides this, Indian parents live with the constant fear of their daughters’ security lurking at the back of their minds. And their worries are not baseless. The […]
