Back in September 2014, Emma Watson gave a speech on gender equality, formally extending an invitation to all men to join the HeforShe movement. She argued that fighting for women's rights is too often equated to man-hating, and she called for a stop to this belief, setting the record straight that feminism is about equality of the genders, not the advancement of women over men. Believe it or not, she was even asked not to use the word "feminism" in her speech.
When one hears the word, 'gender stereotypes' they tend to form a mental image of females being locked in a glass ceiling. The point of this Story Project 13 is to bust that myth and clarify, in the words of Emma Watson "
Gender equality not only liberates women but also men from prescribed gender stereotypes."
(Excerpt from the Editorial by Joyashree Dey)
AUTHORS:
Jayasree Mukherjee
Sarah Rahaman Shaikh
Sarbani Chakravarti
Karen Dipnarine-Saroop
Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor
Rikita Swaroop
Ruma Chakraborty
Lalitha Ramanathan
Sourabhi Dutta Roy
Malini Nair
Dr. Supriya Bansal
Surbhi Sharma
Aarav Roy
Sudha Vishwanath
Includes INTERVIEWS of:
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Dr. L. Ayu Saraswati
Ruth Vanita
