A New Way of BeingIndia Has a Toxic Masculinity Crisis. How Do We Detox It? “The patriarchal messaging is constant, so the reverse flow needs to be constant.” By Liesl Goecker
The Cost of CaringPandemic Isolation Intensified Gender Roles — and Women’s Anxiety, Depression: Study "Women are the ones who carry the additional load," a study author said. By Devrupa Rakshit
Lacking Recognition Not ValueSC Quantifies Economic Value of Homemaker’s Work in Landmark Judgment, Awards Additional Rs. 11.2 Lakhs The judges wrote that the judgment is "a step towards the constitutional vision of social equality." By Rajvi Desai
False AlarmEverything You Need to Know About Pseudocyesis, or Phantom Pregnancy Phantom pregnancies are common in patriarchal countries like India, where undue importance is given to a person’s ability to reproduce. By Rajvi Desai
I Live Here TooUttarakhand District Starts Initiative to Get Women’s Names on Home Nameplates While inheritance laws on the books protect women's right to own and inherit property, experts say women around the country hardly know about them. By Rajvi Desai
Work It OutPass It On: A Resume Gap Doesn’t Matter If You Can Explain It With Confidence "If you have an unusual CV, part of owning the story is demonstrating the confidence to show your vulnerability." By The Swaddle Team
Stop LookingTV Show Teaching Women to Be Sexy While Grocery Shopping Prompts Outrage Over Sexism in Italy Research shows when women suffer constant, unrelenting objectification, they start self-objectifying. By Rajvi Desai
Early Intervention Is The SolutionGender Inequality Starts at Age 10, Lasts Into Next Generation: Study "Puberty brings on a very different engagement with the world ... [and] very different opportunities for girls and boys." By Devrupa Rakshit
Family ValuesWhy AOC’s Clapback to the ‘Fucking Bitch’ Comment Is Unprecedented for a Female Politician AOC flipped the respectability narrative, showing us how a woman from a 'respectable' family behaves when she's subjected to verbal abuse. By Rajvi Desai
Chores Have No GenderWoman’s Online Petition Urges PM Modi to Tell Men to Share Housework The petition already has over 70,000 signatures. By Devrupa Rakshit
Drowning Her SorrowsWhy Were There Almost No Women In India’s Liquor Store Queues? "I have a constant fear that someone would judge me to be a 'loose woman' one of these times and follow me home." By Rajvi Desai
What's On Our Mind?How Marriage Counseling in India Can Reinforce Unequal Gender Roles Marital counselors often only help women bear the burden of coping with marital challenges and conflicts, instead of holding all parties accountable. By Fiona Vaz
Pink Has No GenderTaiwanese Health Officials Wear Pink Masks to Comfort Boy Who Was Bullied for Wearing One "Pink was all the rage during [my] time," said the head of Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Centre. By Aditi Murti
Seems Fair ...Centre to SC: Women Can’t Hold Army Command Posts Because Men Won’t Listen to Them Plus, the “challenges of confinement, motherhood and childcare” would just be really difficult for the Army to deal with, Centre advocates tell the Supreme Court. By Liesl Goecker
Early BeginningsChildren as Young as 4 Associate Power and Money With Men: Study The tendency to do this is higher in boys than girls, the researchers said. By Anubhuti Matta
Desperate HousewivesEvery Sixth Victim of Suicide in India Is a Housewife Suicide ranks first as the cause of death for women between the ages of 15-39, which is also the time when they usually enter abusive and/or conservative marriages. By Pallavi Prasad
Step On My FaceThirst Tweets Walk a Thin Line Between Sexual Expression and Objectification Videos of male celebrities getting visibly uncomfortable reading out sexually explicit tweets from their women fans are gaining popularity. By Akshaya Chandrasekaran
The Root Of The GapWomen College Students Feel Highest‑Paying Fields Aren’t Realistic for Them to Pursue: Study Women students may opt for a less-high paying major because they feel unwelcome in the highest-paying fields. By Liesl Goecker