Tag: Sexist

Sack the leader if you have courage: Smriti Irani dares Congress to dismiss K R Ramesh Kumar from party over “rape” remark

Irani further said, "This narrow thinking of a Congress leader raised this question on the leadership of Congress which says in Uttar Pradesh that 'I am a girl and I can fight'. If you have the courage then you should first sack this leader from your party".

December 17, 2021

Dealing effectively with a horrendous crime

To achieve our goal of a safe society for women, punitive laws must play an important role but to eliminate the root cause of a single gender dominating, mindsets need to be addressed through long term interventions in education, awareness, and media.

May 5, 2018

Scott Derrickson reveals racist, sexist side of Hollywood

Apart from the glam and fame of Hollywood that we normally see, there lies a world of racist and sexists people that affect the way movies are cast.   Scott Derrickson, the director of the famous movie Doctor Strange, has been revealing such talks between him and other studio heads on his twitter handle that...

January 3, 2018

Javadekar for action over sexist content in CBSE book

Taking strong umbrage to a CBSE text book holding "36-24-36 shape of females to be the best", Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday directed action in the matter. A portion of the book on health and physical education meant for Class 12 reads: "36-24-36 shape of females is considered to be the...

April 13, 2017