This loose idea of the Tinkerbell-like, frail woman who crumbles under the slightest of stress and needs constant care and reassurance is a gender stereotype women have been trying to shed for decades now.
“Media definitely has all kinds of content. People often say that art cannot be put into boxes of right and wrong but in India people take art very seriously. Movies like Kabir Singh carry a lot of influence. Problem is not showing a character like Kabir Singh, the problem is glorifying him in the movie. Issue hai ye ki log unhe cool samajhne lagte hain.”
The 26-year-old British singer took to Instagram on December 2 to post another picture of himself in a frilly pastel coat, eating a banana. The picture is simply captioned, “Bring back manly men.”
Actor Prateik Babbar has become the latest man to defy traditional norms of masculinity. Here’s how.
There are taboos, different from the ones women face, exclusive only to men that hold them back in certain areas. When better than International Men’s Day to shed the stigma?
Why do some men feel entitled and fearless to kill a woman if she rejects their attempts to harass her or their marriage proposals? What does it tell about the law and justice in our country?
The “haath mei chudiyan pehenna” metaphor has been a longstanding defender of not just misogyny against women, but also toxic masculinity.
As far as Indian society is concerned, husbands are deified in marriages. So how can a person near to God be shorter? Right?
A simp is a person who does way too much for someone they like. And although the original term never specifies a gender, simp is usually used to exclusively describe men, and men’s behaviour towards women.
In this piece, we want to respond to some reviews that have dismissed Chaman Bahar as a film as another version of ‘toxic masculinity’.
