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Yes, child sexual abuse can happen at home. Are you talking to your child about it? Are you being vigilant enough?
Home is where we are supposed to feel the safest, especially as children. But that is not the case. Child sexual abuse at home by people who are known to the family is not new to India. But for the longest time, we have chosen, individually and collectively, to stay quiet about it using reasons of family and honor. In recent years, there is an effort to raise awareness about sexual abuse of children, especially by predators in or close to the family. The myth that rape or sexual assault is mostly committed by strangers is wrong; usually it someone known to the victim. This brief video shows how a mother learns her daughter may be a victim. It is a reminder to talk to children about appropriate touching, about not forcing them to hug or be in physical contact when they say no (physical boundaries are often more blurred in the case of children) and finally to talk about this. Child sexual abuse takes place across the country. Sometimes the perpetrator can even be a parent. Helping children understand their bodies and removing shame from talking about bodies, touching, and at an appropriate age – sex, can go a long way.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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