Becky Blab

I my niece will be more fearless than me when taking to India’s roads!

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The BBC World Service show ‘World Have Your Say’ featured a segment on How should women react to sexual harassment? Listen here, it will be available for several more days.

Via Blank Noise.

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Besides the horrible way this article refers to the actresses, I just wanted to highlight that two upcoming films will be featuring women on motorcycles, and here’s what they have to say about it:
“Riding a bike was liberating. It was something I always wanted to do — it’s feminine, fiesty and fun. The thrill of [...]

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On the Psychology Today blog there’s a post which highlights the difficulty of dealing with gender roles as a wife and mother:
The fact is that women in most countries are expected to be compassionate, nurturing, and to put their own needs aside on a regular basis. In most Third World countries, a woman’s primary job is considered to be [...]

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The Washington Post had an in-depth piece on Indian women’s status. It starts off discussing ‘eve-teasing’, i.e. harrassment, but then delves into the whole range of issues from dowry to sex-selective abortion:
For India’s middle-class urban women, the past decade has brought unprecedented opportunities to advance in a social order long dominated by men. But a [...]

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