Have you ever faced a situation where you are asked to complete tasks or chores because “you’re a girl.” Especially by the older generations, who aren’t as open-minded and are often set in their ways. If you choose not to listen, your parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles would reprimand you. They will then try to reinstate the norm that women and girls should behave and act in a certain way…
By Tham Keng Yin For ages, the social status of women has been suppressed. There has always been an existential gap between female and their male counter parts. To an extent, even till today, in certain countries, a female is viewed as a male’s property. In conservative countries, women are not even allowed to be…
By Chen Lee Yun Women are often labelled. For example: “young”, “the girl with single eyelids”, “fat”, “spinster”, “boss lady”, “mother”, “wife”, or “housewife” and so on. People are superficial and they tend to only see the appearance of people, especially in this day and age, when branding and packaging is emphasized. From ancient times…
By Subashini Rajasuriah Domestic violence is one of the worst forms of abuse imaginable. If you are being harassed by strangers, or being bullied and targeted at work, it is a matter of walking out and reporting it to the authorities before things go too far. It may be traumatizing but you are able to…