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Can We Move On: From the Trope of the ‘Controlling’ Girlfriend

The trope is often used to vilify a woman for simply knowing what she wants, or making reasonable demands of her partner.

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Devrupa Rakshit
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Sep 5, 2021
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Image Credit: Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018)
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AuthorDevrupa Rakshit

Devrupa Rakshit is an Associate Editor at The Swaddle. She is a lawyer by education, a poet by accident, a painter by shaukh, and autistic by birth. You can find her on Instagram @devruparakshit.

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