The Tehelka precedent
Media outrage has succeeded in filing an FIR against Tarun Tejpal against the wishes of his victim herself. Many are looking at this as rule of law. I am terrified […]
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Sexual ethics
The corrosive drip of bravery on woman power
Understand what we are doing when we call the Mumbai rape victim brave. It is not bravery to do something you know you can do. You are brave when you
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Satyamev Jayate Episode 2: Child Sexual Abuse
I am glad they took up the subject of Child Sexual Abuse today on Satyamev Jayate. However, today’s episode left me vaguely dissatisfied. The uncompromising truth seeking of the previous
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India should have a sex industry
The collective sexuality of the nation is still very Victorian, and now moving toward worse Victorian. Moral judgments around sex are such that sex is near dead beyond the instinctive “itch”
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Prostitution as a mirror of society
I came across a blogpost rebutting a comment made on a previous blogpost on legitimizing prostitution, and I found that I disagree strongly enough to write this: Go read that
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Sexualization of Children
Questioning the lack of age appropriate parenting and its impact on children as inadvertently sexually provocative behavior.
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Prostitution, sex trafficking, sexual slavery and personal autonomy
A pro-choice response to an article Taslima Nasreen wrote calling for the abolishment of prostitution: Sex Slavery Must be Abolished While Taslima Nasreen and I both share a concern for
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Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month
Children are the most unrepresented and powerless minorities anywhere. And a large many fall prey to the sexual appetites of adults around them. Not knowing whether what is happening with
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Rape Linked to Lax Security
RAPE LINKED TO LAX SECURITY. NIGHT POLICING MORE IS LESS. GURGAON JOB RESTRICTIONS UNLAWFUL. March 16 2012: By: Vijay Panjwani, Advocate Supreme Court Honesty, punctuality, a propensity to keep promises,
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