Yashasvi Suroliyaa Student at Government Law College, Mumbai and a Contributing Author at Rightantra What do hit television shows like Riverdale, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina among others have in common? Apart from being highly cringe-y and repetitive, it is that they all have a shared goal to overtly sexualise their teenage protagonists.
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Rangan MajumdarA final year law student at Government Law College, Mumbai Trigger Warning: Death Penalty; Rape; Child Sexual Abuse The Shakti Bill, 2020, which was cleared by the Maharashtra state cabinet, was welcomed by India, as a progressive step towards solving crimes against women and children . One of the key features, the prescription of death penalty as an alternative to life imprisonment on the higher end of the punishment spectrum, grabbed headlines. The proposed amendment made the punishment for rape under Section 376 and the aggravated Sections of 376D, 376DA, 376DB, and 376E, equivalent to punishment for murder under Section 302.
Yashasvi SuroliyaContributing Author, Rightantra Ameesha TripathiEditor In-Chief, Rightantra A psychological study reported that by the age of two, most children are conscious of the relevance of their gender and by the time they are four, they develop a clear sense of what is expected of boys and girls and how they are supposed to behave. Astonishingly, by the time they are six years old children associate intelligence with being male and niceness with being female. This probably is because growing up, children are surrounded by gender stereotypes, right from when they exit the womb and the colour of the cloth they would be first draped in is determined on the basis of their gender.
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (“OHCHR”), gender stereotyping is defined as “overgeneralization of characteristics, differences and attributes of a certain group based on their gender”. Basically, gender stereotyping creates beliefs and biases as to how men and women should present themselves. Most of these standards are highly normalised. For example, men are supposed to be strong and tough, while women are expected to be delicate and nurturing. When can you consent to puberty blockers?: Bell v. Tavistock NHS Foundation (The United Kingdom)12/5/2020 Anushka MehtaCo-Founder, Rightantra The High Court of Justice in London, recently passed a landmark ruling in the legal action brought by Ms. Keira Bell (who identifies as Quincy Bell) against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (“NHS”), which undertakes the task of prescribing puberty suppressing drugs to persons under the age of 18 years who experience gender dysphoria.
Gender dysphoria (“GD”) is a condition where persons experience distress because of a mismatch between their perceived identity and their natal sex or the assigned gender. Khadija HetavkarContributing Author, Rightantra Anushka MehtaCo-Founder, Rightantra Vaccination is an important tool to keep children safe from diseases by improving their immune system. Immunity is generally of two kinds - innate, which includes natural protection since birth, such as the skin which prevents entry of germs in our bodies; and adaptive, which develops throughout our lives either when exposed to a disease or through vaccination. Therefore, it is indisputable that children are more susceptible to diseases since they only possess innate immunity which easily gets overwhelmed and is unable to prevent the onset of every disease in a child. It is only through vaccination that children can be protected from diseases, which often have far-reaching consequences of a permanent nature.
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