patriarchy

Packaging the patriarchal gaze as 'relatable' content

Because these posts and memes normalise a specific emotional image of women— impulsive, dramatic, unstable, and self-absorbed.

Is reducing women's worlds our fix for their lack of safety?

When that girl on the bus screamed, no one stood by her.

Don’t pit women against each other

This is how patriarchy stays alive, not just through men who benefit from it, but through women who enforce it.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Of women, rage, and what burns unseen

These stories subtly highlight how even within patriarchal structures, men, too, are shaped, sometimes twisted by the systems they benefit from.

Challenging gender equality disempowers women

The expansion of animosity and prejudice is rooted in toxic patriarchy.

The language of oppression against women

In countless homes across this region and beyond, patriarchy does not always arrive with fists raised.

United in misogyny?

Our misogynistic attitude towards women is so normalised that it moves seamlessly across political parties, economic classes, and generational divides.

The hidden cost of workplace oppression

Psychological violence in the workplace—rooted in patriarchy—undermines equity and well-being.

March 6, 2025
March 6, 2025

United in misogyny?

Our misogynistic attitude towards women is so normalised that it moves seamlessly across political parties, economic classes, and generational divides.

December 27, 2024
December 27, 2024

The role of women’s agency in transforming Bangladesh from a basket case into a beacon of progress

Review of ‘Renegotiating Patriarchy’ (LSE Press, 2024) by Naila Kabeer

December 20, 2024
December 20, 2024

The hidden cost of workplace oppression

Psychological violence in the workplace—rooted in patriarchy—undermines equity and well-being.

February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024

The future is female, but so was the past

Women in indigenous, prehistoric, and precolonial societies, across all continents, were actually in positions of power and privilege

November 22, 2023
November 22, 2023

For peace, freedom, and memorialisation

Stories of resilience and heroism against patriarchy

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

The hidden impact of patrilocality

At the core of a patrilocal society lies the notion of women occupying a lower status than men.

August 26, 2023
August 26, 2023

Living a feminist killjoy life

The way we perceive the word “emotion” through the gendered lens contributes to systematic oppression because it dismisses those who fall under the umbrella of the emotional radar and it is easier to silence their voices as emotional beings because they are often, according to the patriarchal society, deemed as unstable, illogical, or disoriented.

August 4, 2023
August 4, 2023

Assaulted for playing football

What do such attacks say about women's status in Bangladesh?

July 22, 2023
July 22, 2023

Women’s revolution

The theocracy is crumbling in its seat

July 6, 2023
July 6, 2023

No safe space for girls

What greases the wheels on this vicious cycle?