Impact Of Climate Change On Women’s Mental Health
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Climate change is not just changing our weather; its consequences are a daily reality for millions of people around the world. The consequences of climate change on exposed biological subjects, as well as on vulnerable societies, are a concern for the entire scientific…
At 29, Marriage Is Made My Only Identity
“Beta, my heart is aching. I am getting old. I can’t bear all this pain for long. What will happen to you after I am gone?”, says my mother over the phone. “Just marry and I will be okay,” she adds. Before I could even use an excuse to hang up, my father goes on to…
Hegemonic Masculinity and Men’s Mental Health
Being a Man in a Patriarchal Society Remember Tyler Durden? You know, Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Yeah, that Brad Pitt. The alpha of all alpha males. A dangerously bold, edgy personality with a body that could rival Adonis. A leader, creator, and commander of the pack. He made his woman scream in bed, smoked cigarettes…
How Can We Dismantle the Social Construct of Female Beauty?
Women’s bodies and sexuality have historically been used as a commodity to sell everything on earth, from car tires to household appliances! Women are often depicted as objects of visual and sexual pleasure across television, magazines, media, and entertainment industries. If we look around ourselves, we’ll find hypersexualized and unrealistically perfect female forms almost everywhere. Let’s…
The Role of the Society in Crafting Our Body Image
There are a lot of things that led to my developing body image issues as a teenager. A lot of this was teasings and comments from a few school friends, and for a long time, I wanted to blame my eating disorder on those specific people. But the older I grew the more I got intrigued by…
