Kerala’s youth found an innovative way to respond to the self-proclaimed moral brigade that shoved, pushed and attacked couples at Kochi’s iconic Marine Drive on Wednesday, which was International Women’s Day.
Based on an invite sent over Facebook, scores of artists, students and activists sought to reclaim their access to the public sphere, as they kissed and hugged in the open.
We at The Quint had launched the campaign #MakeOutInIndia in defiance of ultra-conservative outfits. We are reposting some of our stories from the campaign.
There is a kind of sexism in India that is conveniently covert, as opposed to the other hypocritically overt kind. Let me explain the critical difference.
A first-ever UN-sponsored study of female characters in popular cinema globally, reveals that India tops the list when it comes to showing good looking women in its movies – 35 percent of which involve some form of nude depiction. The study, commissioned by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, further throws light on the deep-seated discrimination, pervasive stereotyping, sexualisation of women and their under-representation in powerful roles by the international film industry. While women represent nearly half of the world’s population, less than one-third of all speaking characters in films are women. Indian films, if you haven’t guessed by now, are at the bottom of that pack.