Gender Portrayals

Women are as capable of terrible atrocities – but gender stereotypes help them get away in trials

If women are treated as less capable in one regard – even one that involves horrible atrocities – it could extend to other realms, too.

Jessica Trisko Darden, The Conversation
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· Nov 28, 2020 · 07:30 pm
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The Punjab Women Commission had filed a complaint against the singer for allegedly using ‘vulgar lyrics against women’.

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· Jul 09, 2019 · 01:40 pm
This Women’s Day, let us retire phrases like ‘I’m not like other girls’

Tara Anand and Ellie Lee’s Instagram project helps women stop criticising members of their own gender.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
· Mar 08, 2018 · 11:30 am

Why are women accused of witchcraft? A study in rural China provides some clue

Most anthropologists believe witch labelling has evolved to get people to conform. But new research suggests an alternative explanation.

Ruth Mace, The Conversation
· Jan 13, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Video: This is how Meghan Markle became a champion for gender equality at the age of 11

Even as a young girl in school, the American TV and film actress refused to accept the notion that a woman’s place is in the kitchen.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 04, 2017 · 08:45 am
The first rule of a female character’s entry into the movie frame: she must be second to the male

Men stride into the scene, while women are either already there or come in as an afterthought.

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· Oct 04, 2016 · 11:00 am

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The regressive portrayal of Rituparna Sengupta’s character makes for difficult viewing.

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· Jun 20, 2016 · 01:30 pm
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· Nov 02, 2015 · 11:30 pm

Gender Portrayals

Women are as capable of terrible atrocities – but gender stereotypes help them get away in trials

If women are treated as less capable in one regard – even one that involves horrible atrocities – it could extend to other realms, too.

Jessica Trisko Darden, The Conversation & Izabela Steflja, The Conversation · Nov 28, 2020 · 07:30 pm

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Bengali hit ‘Praktan’ valourises the past while ignoring the excesses of the present

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Witches of Westeros: using and subverting the witch trope in Game of Thrones

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