Everyday we almost helplessly see the patriarchy operating with immunity and its horrific abuses of women.

But, things on ground wont change and this absolutely horrific state of affairs wont end, until there is on ground concrete action.

The rot of Patriarchy and sexual violence plagues our entire system right from our political parties to our society.

Only protests and advocacy wont help, it must be coupled with concrete power and leverage for women as a class.

Solution is in my opinion is a both bottom up and top down approach working together.

Heres how it can be done in my opinion -

1) Build an All Women Feminist Organisation completly independent of conventional male centred politics with 3 wings - Pressure Group wing, Political party wing and an NGO wing.

2) The pressure group can do the protests, agitations, advocacies, the petitionings and the work of holding predators and misogynistic leaders and institutions accountable, while also building the female vote bank.

3) The NGO can do the on ground work of running women's support and empowerment systems and networks, running shelters for women escaping violence and coercion, funding legal battles for women fighting sexual harrasment and domestic violence cases, feminist conciousness and solidarity raising in society, running affordable good quality women only pgs for women across major hubs where women need them the most etc.

4) The all women political party will run elections aiming for concrete political power in office. Once in power, they can take concrete policy measures and legal reforms, to ensure women's safety and equality in the country and ensure development of the country that is truly Inclusive and equitable for Women as a gender class.

And to win an election, they need just 30 % of the votes ! And even if they don't win an outright election, they can use the vote cutter strategy to strongly influence policy decisions.

And never let this movement get coopted by any other political party or group or organisation. This movement needs to be for, off and by women and the organisation needs to be all women.

Only then we can see on ground actual concrete positive changes for women's horrifying material reality in India.

A possible way, It can Stay Funded, Clean, and Independent:

Idea 1 - ​Self-sustaining social enterprises :

Urban working women’s hostels and worker cooperatives generate recurring rental and enterprise revenue that directly cross-subsidizes free crisis shelters, communal eldercare, and emergency legal defense.

​Zero foreign (FCRA) or corporate CSR money: Relying strictly on domestic member micro-dues (₹50–₹100/mo) and small public contributions keeps the organization debt-free, legally insulated from state account-freezes, and immune to donor compromise. Destitute women contribute sweat equity (childcare, communal kitchens) with zero upfront cash required.

​Guard Against Co-optation: This movement must remain strictly for, of, and by women. By embedding internal representation quotas for Dalit, Bahujan, and working-class women alongside strict term limits, the organization ensures it cannot be captured by elites or absorbed into traditional political dynasties.

Idea 2 - Insurance collective model :

Workplace & Legal Shield: Women working in decent-paying jobs pay into collective protection against career-ending risks—predatory NDAs, workplace retaliation, discrimination battles, and frozen marital assets.

The Solidarity Float: Because individual claims are infrequent, pooled contributions form a massive, ethically invested capital reserve that continuously yields returns.

Frontline Welfare: 100% of the investment yield and underwriting surplus funds immediate, unconditional safety nets (domestic crisis relocation, strike funds, bail, urgent healthcare) for sisters facing acute hardship.

Democratic Ownership: Governed as an equal mutual trust with one-woman-one-vote power—ensuring solidarity across different income levels without paternalism or hierarchy.

Above are a few possible ideas for funding this organisation, that came to my mind.

You can add your own ideas and discuss in the comment section below.

this subreddit is not a place to promote your religion. "DONT BLAME NAVRATRI FOR RAPE, PEOPLE ALWAYS HATE HINDUS"

no.

no one. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE.

NO ONE is blaming navratri for anything, people are simply calling out a staggering majority of male followers as the worship goddesses and harrass women. if you call this hinduphobia you're not welcome here.

any post gloriying religious activities would be removed, a little girl dressed up as a devi is problematic, little girls don't need to be treated as goddesses, and no little girl has been empowered dressing up as radha/ durga or any other goddess.

treat women/girls as you would men/boys.

men have unspoken privilage in indian society, women don't, labeling them as godesses does nothing but restrict their freedom, "laxmi wouldn't do that", "what would people say if radha goes out wearing a crop top?" NO, we DO NOT NEED an additional layer of control.

if you treat women like divine creatures, make the same statements when you see a hindu man raping a girl, ask him "ghar ke krishna aise kaam kyu kar rahe hai" (why is krishna doing such things)

one last time im clariying, any pro - religion post will be removed, the world has heard enough on how hinduism is feminist, how islam is feminist, we need you to call out the wrongdoings,

if you came across a few posts glorifying this, they were let up because of how the comments called OP out.

if this sounds angry, it's because this is an angry post.

same goes for propaganda posts, if you post anything related to religion, you'll be judged based on your account history as well, if you selectively call out a speciic religion, while supporting the other, your submission will get removed, your intent to post SHOULD BE EMINISM ONLY

also my "f" key isnt working so many words will have missing letters, uck patriarchy, slay eminism

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Hi, you can call me by x and I'm 18m and this post is about my girlfriend who is basically going through a lot of domestic violence and family abuse, it includes all sort of abuses, mental, physical. I wouldn't expose any of us identify so you can call her Y and we both are from MP, she's been going through these abuses from a lot time and with the time these things are getting worse.

Problem's she's dealing with.

1. Her parents didn't let her study after 10th and stating that its because of financial issue but in the same following her they were able to let her younger brother study and they are not that poor that they can't even afford any school and main thing that they are not even initiating to do her admission into any school, roughly her 2 years have been wasted by these people and this is her 3rd year and there is not much hope that they'll be able to do her admission anywhere, I've also talked to her mother abt this and she said 'yeah oky oky' and acted like she's tryna help but its really futile.

2. She's really confined to her house, she barely goes out, if she does there is a high chance that someone will identify it and tell that to her father and later it turns into physical and mental abuse. She don't even have her own phone and she uses her parents phone to communicate and both of her parents goes to work so there isn't abundant time left for her, plus her younger brother who's by far the most loved child uses each phone 24/7 , didn't even let her call and surprisingly her mother/father takes his side even though when she just want to use it for normal thing, whenever she takes the phone his brother keep shouting and shouting like give me phone give me phone and it's not his innocence ( he is 14) .

3. She literally works like a maid in her own home, from the age of 14-15 she's been doing home cjores and now she cooks food for 3 of them day and night and handles the whole house because her father mother leaves for work without helping much. That's literally called swapping the burden of accountability and responsibility.

4. Her father had beated her just to teach that she's the women and it's his house and she have to obey whatever he and her mother says 🤷‍♂️. There is a lot of physical and mental abuse going on, her mother abuses her a lot when she's not working and something they beat her if she tried to argue or stops giving her the phone so she can't even talk to me or anyone. Just because she doesn't have her own phone so she have to depend of everything onto her parents.

5. Her brother is such a evil creature and her parents treats him like a God and her a servant, he uses that privilege to influence her parents and they are do dumb that they actually start believing that and whole thing goes against her, recently her brother failed in his 6-7th class exam and he's using the phone as normal 24/7 and transfers the money to his game account he owns the place and yet he's allowed to use the phone conditionless and she's barred from using phone even for talking.

She was a bright student in her class but because of her parents she's suffering for much which she don't deserve, I've seen her mental health getting worse and worse day by day because of these things, countless times I've seen her crying her lungs out. There is no trusted adult or relative or any friend she can actually seek help but just share her problems.

Please guide us through, i know there must be many people who have gone through a lot more worse situations than this and who are actually willing to help her out of this situation or actually tell what we should practically do 🙏🏻

i was browsing through some posts and saw a couple targeting Navratri. Commenting didn't feel like enough, so I made this post.

let me be clear: what happened to those women at the protest is disgusting. The threats, the slurs, the torn clothes, the police just standing there. No party, no ideology, no religion justifies that. Anyone defending it does not get to hide behind maa durga

But I keep seeing Navratri dragged into this like the festival is the problem. I grew up celebrating it, so let me clear a few things up.

Navratri isn't just "nine days of worshipping some goddess while men do whatever they want." The whole story is Durga destroying Mahishasura, a demon nobody else could stop.

point was never to put women on a pedestal and forget them. point is to kill the Mahishasura inside us: the ego, the lust, the cruelty. That's literally what the festival asks people to do.

So when a man who "worships" durga harasses a woman, navratri didn't fail. ne failed Navratri.

He's going through the rituals without understanding any of it. The problem is mindset. People aren't truly initiated into what they're celebrating. Blaming Navratri for rapists is like blaming a hospital because people get sick.

And about "we don't want to be goddesses, just humans": I get it, honestly. But in a lot of our homes it was never either/or.

In Kanya Pujan, little girls are worshipped as forms of Maa Durga. We are fed, given gifts, and cared for the whole time. I was one of those girls.

My chacha still protects me like that and still sees durga in me, even though it's been years and we've got a new little one in the family now lol. Seeing Durga in me never made him see less of a human. It made him see more.

That's the Navratri I want more men to actually live. Not less of it.

So fight the abusers. Fight the cops who stood by. Fight anyone who uses religion as a shield. I'm right there with you. But fighting Navratri itself means fighting the one thing in our culture that's literally about destroying evil. That's aiming at the wrong target, and it only damages our own cause.

For those who dont know, Ankita Bhandari was a 19 yo woman working as a receptionist at a resort in Uttarakhand. In September 2022, she was murdered by the resort owner, Pulkit Arya, and his two employees. All three were sentenced to life imprisonment in May 2025. Pulkit Arya is the son of a former BJP leader.

But Ankita's family has continued to demand justice, alleging that influential people were involved in the case and that the so called VIP angle was never properly investigated.

Now, in October 2026, the controversy has resurfaced following the appointment of BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam as the Governor of Sikkim. Ankita's parents have alleged that he is connected to the case, citing audio recordings and other claims. He has denied any wrongdoing, and his alleged involvement has not been established in court. Her family is demanding that the investigation be completed before someone facing these allegations is allowed to occupy such a powerful constitutional position.

Her parents travelled to Delhi to stage a peaceful protest at India Gate, demanding justice for their daughter. Instead of being allowed to peacefully raise their concerns, they were detained by the police.

Why does the BJP continue to appoint people facing serious allegations to positions of power without first ensuring that the questions surrounding them are properly addressed? Why should political influence and power come before accountability? These allegations are not proof of guilt, but they are serious enough to demand a transparent and impartial investigation, not silence or political protection.

A person appointed as a governor holds a position of immense responsibility. At the very least, shouldnt the public be able to trust that such appointments are made with integrity and accountability?

What makes this even more heartbreaking is that Ankita's parents are still fighting for answers years after losing their daughter. They are grieving parents asking for justice, yet they have had to take to the streets to make their voices heard.

I refuse to accept that this is just another case that will trend for a few days before everyone moves on. Every time something like this happens, we cannot simply scroll past it and become desensitised to the injustice. The more we treat these cases as normal, the easier it becomes for those in power to escape scrutiny.

Ankita was a daughter whose life was taken away. Her parents deserve answers, accountability and justice not another reason to lose faith in the system.

We need to keep talking about this case. We need to keep asking questions. And we must not stop until every allegation is investigated fairly and her family gets the justice they have been fighting for.

Like what is he even proud of ? Probably was lurking here and passing misogynistic comments , and after ban posting shi like this to satisfy his fragile ego . Such low lives exist lol .

An egoistic drunkard couldn't take his wife scolding him in front of other women and started beating and abusing her after they both fell off the bike. Tells you a lot about women's conditions in rural Raj

Granting legal rights on paper to someone bound by social dependencies, caste, and local patriarchy is like telling a wheelchair user to climb a tree to get the fruit they desire.

Good morning everyone, Kaexthetic here yet again.

Very often, in online discussions in certain forums, you will come across people who say that women have the same rights as men constitutionally, so why are women so mad ?

While you can find enough strata in our urban areas as well to absolutely obliterate and piss on this statement, I would like to cater your focus to the daily suffering women of rural areas have been subjected to since years.

Before anything, I want to first highlight the SEVERE lack of nutrition rural women face. Protein, Carbs, eh ? You could argue this is a class thing. However, even intersectionally within that class, women are at the lower end of priority since their nutrition isn't taken half as important as that of a man's. 59% of rural India's women are anemic (lack of iron) while this number is ~30% of men. There's also this cultural norm : pehle mard phir aurat (men eat first, women eat last). When food is scarce, women get smaller portions, less protein, and whatever is left at the bottom of the handi.

One might argue, men do more physical work hence they need more nutrition, but that's just straight up wrong. Your social intuition barely covers for the ground reality- rural women do approximately 70% of all farm work in India, according to data from organizations like the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Imagine starving those who feed the nation.

Well, they do 70% of the farm labor.. Surely they own the land they work on, right ? No, that's wrong. Less than 14% of agricultural landholders in India are women. They sow the seeds, harvest the crops, and work under the scorching sun. but on paper, the land belongs to their fathers, husbands, or sons. Without land titles in their name, they cannot apply for agricultural bank loans, government subsidies, or credit independently. They are legally reduced to unpaid workers.

Well.. They have reservations for women in the village sarpanch (head body). Of course those women are going to recognize these issues and act, right ? Yes ! But only if ground reality were this easy. Even with 33%/50% Panchayati Raj (Village governing body) reservations, male relatives often act as proxy administrators while elected women sign the papers. The women are solely there to sign official papers while their husbands give the orders. It's effectively a 100% male reserved body. Reserved not by our constitution- but rather reserved by local patriarchy.

Combine this with the lack of safety for dalit women. If an "upper caste" man assaults a "lower caste" woman, reporting domestic or sexual violence in a tight-knit village structure is nearly impossible when local police, elders, and perpetrators share the same social networks. Very often, those men have great connections with the abovementioned, and that can very easily mean an FIR laying in a police station's bookshelves for 6 years, hoping for the victim to forget and move on. But they never forget. They just lose hope in the system.

All of these issues can be brought up. Any day. Any way. In lok sabha. Rajya sabha. You have so many ministers. So, so many of them. So many of them women, too.
But yet, our country chooses to make us fight among ourselves.

May god bless this country, if he hasn't abandoned us yet.

The Ankita Bhandari case involves the September 2022 murder of a 19-year-old receptionist working at the Vanantra Resort near Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, India. The incident triggered widespread public outrage, state-wide protests, and political debate across the country. Incident and Background * Disappearance: Ankita Bhandari, a native of Dobh-Srikot in Pauri Garhwal district, began working as a receptionist at Vanantra Resort in late August 2022. She went missing on September 18, 2022, after failing to respond to calls from her family and friends. * Recovery of Body: Following her disappearance, her father lodged a complaint. On September 24, 2022, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) recovered her body from the Chilla canal (Cheela canal) near Rishikesh. * Cause of Death: The autopsy conducted at AIIMS Rishikesh confirmed the cause of death as drowning, along with evidence of blunt-force trauma sustained prior to her death. Primary Allegations and Evidence * Coercion for "Extra Services": Investigation and WhatsApp chat records revealed that resort owner Pulkit Arya and his associates had allegedly pressured Ankita to provide "extra services" (sexual favours) to guests for money. * The Murder: When she refused to comply, an altercation ensued on September 18, 2022. The accused took her out on two-wheelers ostensibly to talk things through, pushed her into the Chilla canal, and returned to fabricate an alibi. Investigation and Trial * Arrests: Uttarakhand Police arrested three individuals within 24 hours of taking over the case from the local revenue police: * Pulkit Arya (resort owner, son of former BJP leader Vinod Arya) * Saurabh Bhaskar (resort manager) * Ankit Gupta (resort employee) * SIT & Chargesheet: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a woman IPS officer was constituted by the state government. A ~500-page chargesheet was filed in December 2022 containing statements from dozens of witnesses. * Demolition Controversy: Shortly after the arrests, portions of the resort were demolished by local authorities with bulldozers, which drew criticism from the victim's family and activists over concerns of evidence destruction. * Court Verdict (May 2025): On May 30, 2025, a district court in Kotdwar convicted Pulkit Arya, Saurabh Bhaskar, and Ankit Gupta for the murder and sentenced all three to life imprisonment.

Unresolved "VIP Angle" and Ongoing Developments Throughout the investigation and after the trial, the victim's family and political opposition repeatedly demanded an independent probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged "VIP" for whom Ankita was reportedly pressured to provide services. The issue resurfaced when allegations circulated online linking senior political figures to the resort's VIP guest list. Those named have denied the allegations as baseless and pursued legal defamation remedies, while Ankita's parents have staged protests demanding the CBI conclude its inquiry into all individuals connected to the case.

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This pattern of thinking isn't new, it has existed for more than a millenia at this point. Social Darwinism, the philosophy of Nazis was also a product of this line of thinking.

It reminded me instantly of this work by Voltairine De Cleyre written in 1894. Really goes to show how big of a failure we as a human society have been to women.

Also reminded me of one of my favorite songs Nazi from Chumbawamba.

Sorry if this feels incohernt babbling btw, IDRK what to say, just feeling really quite angry at the moment and wanted to share this shit.

Journalism is writing articles, newspapers, case studies, etc. These articles on the internet are written to last forever; they remain as the archive of what the future sees of humanity today

Have you ever read a news article and just thought, "This is SO bad"? Well, yes, if the article talks about women's achievements, it's mostly like that.

Not even news articles, but all articles in general, when talking about women, talk in a very weird way

This is a quote from an article about Rosalind Franklin,

Rosalind Franklin: A Crucial Contribution

A crucial contribution. Rosalind Franklin made a crucial contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, but some would say she got a raw deal. Biographer Brenda Maddox called her the "Dark Lady of DNA," based on a once disparaging reference to Franklin by one of her coworkers. Unfortunately, this negative appellation undermined the positive impact of her discovery. Indeed, Franklin is in the shadows of science history, for while her work on DNA was crucial to the discovery of its structure, her contribution to that landmark discovery is little known.

A passionate woman. Franklin worked hard and played hard. She was an intrepid traveller and avid hiker with a great love of the outdoors who enjoyed spirited discussions of science and politics. Friends and close colleagues considered Franklin a brilliant scientist and a kindhearted woman. However, she could also be short-tempered and stubborn, and some fellow scientists found working with her to be a challenge. Among them was Maurice Wilkins, the man she was to work with at King's College.

Now here's another version (I switched Rosalind's name with a completely random man's name and switched all genders)

Leo Franklin: A Crucial Contribution

A crucial contribution. Leo Franklin made a crucial contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, but some would say he got a raw deal. Biographer Brent Maddox called him the "Dark Gentleman of DNA," based on a once disparaging reference to Franklin by one of his coworkers. Unfortunately, this negative appellation undermined the positive impact of his discovery. Indeed, Franklin is in the shadows of science history, for while his work on DNA was crucial to the discovery of its structure, his contribution to that landmark discovery is little known.

A passionate man. Franklin worked hard and played hard. he was an intrepid traveller and avid hiker with a great love of the outdoors who enjoyed spirited discussions of science and politics. Friends and close colleagues considered Franklin a brilliant scientist and a kindhearted man. However, he could also be short-tempered and stubborn, and some fellow scientists found working with him to be a challenge. Among them was Mauricia Wilkins, the woman he was to work with at Queen's College.

This sounds weird right? A man being talked about in this manner. In my entire life, never have I seen a man being referred to as a "passionate man who played hard"

This article makes Franklin seem like an outsider to science; this is how most articles treat women, like outsiders: "DARK LADY OF DNA". It may seem like overthinking, but this is a very important issue. Women in science are already treated badly, and the media portrays them as if they don't belong here.

Yes we need to acknowledge that women face more resistance from society to reach a point than men do, but that's the only difference we need to acknowledge. We don't need to talk how short tempered she is or how stubborn she is.

I don't want it to be too long, so I'm going to break this into parts. This was the 1st one; I'll write whenever I get time💖

Also, please share your opinions on this take; is it too much? Or is it a good observation?

See y'all later,

Stella - dark lady of feminism

Hope this doesn't get recieved as Misogyny. And this is

just my thesis and can be wrong.

Many feminists tend to be liberals and are against the idea of other strong identities like Nationalism, ethnonationalism , Religious supremacism , sanghi. Which requires conviction .

I think since most women grow up in patriarchal societies they end up being insecure , people pleaser ,so

They can't support ideas which are very biased to themselves

They have strong identities like feminism because it has strong foundation which was laid by older generations.

If current generations also lays foundation for other sects by making it Misogyny free ...women will embrace it.

Good Morning everyone, Kaexthetic here. Post and Image made by me, no AI involved except for scrounging for cases, if any.

Me and you both are aware, the vast majority of men will never physically commit an act of severe sexual violence. However, only focusing on the perpetrator themselves would be like charging a murderer and sparing the accomplice.

The rape culture pyramid shown in the image is a tradition reinforced over years upon years of violence inflicted upon women.

What is it ? The bottom three tiers are a list of things that aren't violence by definition, but those are things that many men who consider themselves "nice guys" for not hurting women might do on a very regular basis. These are the things that regenerate these thoughts of sexual violence in men, and make them desensitized enough to feel like it is okay to commit these crimes. It's ingrained dehumanization of women regenerated over and over upon generations by our dear patriarchy.

The women here must already know of this- but I want a few men to think too. Have you ever looked at the way teen boys speak of women ? They do keep their guard up around women, but the men here might know exactly what I am talking about. When I was younger, I was in spaces I would now never even touch with a 10 foot pole. I will not be going into detail about what they speak of women, but just know that it is once again the patriarchy constantly desensitizing young men. The patriarchy is efficient in the way it regenerates itself. It shows up from anywhere. Somewhere. Anywhere. Look up, down, behind, below, left, right, front, back, it will come up.

Come to think of it- Why is it that hindi cuss words usually focus on your mother's or sister's genitalia ? Why do we not say Baap Chuda (go get your father fucked) or tere Bhai ka loda (your brother's penis) ? It's because we attach a man's honor to his female relatives' "purity". And purity culture, in the end, is rape culture.

Let's talk about bollywood now. There's this very cliche line in old bollywood movies- "Har ladki ki na me ha hoti hi hai" (Translation : "In every woman saying no, there's a hint of yes). This conditioned young men to view boundary-crossing as passion.

Want even more examples ? Indian colleges having Strict hostel curfews for female students while male students face none. I am glad there are no such distinctions in my college, BITS Pilani hyderabad campus, however during our first month, fresher men were allowed to go out anytime before 10 pm, without any need for signature and all, while fresher women were to sign a register before going out of their hostel. Same timings, though. Most colleges have it worse where men don't have a curfew at all while women do. I would go as far as to say- having different hostels for men and women itself is a consequence of rape culture.

Moreover, Why is it that men find it an extremely pleasurable activity to share leaked MMS of a woman that is CLEARLY NOT WANTING it to be shared ? That idea of non-consensuality is what is appealing to them. Which is again, surprise, rape culture.

At workplaces, Male colleagues making suggestive remarks about a female peer's career progress, attributing her promotions or opportunities to her gender or appearance rather than competence. Basically the entire diversity hiring rant, but ten times worse. For example, saying sh!t like "she slept with the boss for a promotion".

This concludes my thesis for the current post. Another part is to be expected.