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Out from under that rock you've been living in? Watch this video on women in tech, and don't forget to 'subscribe' to our Youtube channel for more!
Now if you’re out from under that rock you’ve been living in, do watch this video on women in tech, and don’t forget to ‘subscribe’ to our Youtube channel for more!
This notion that women can’t handle technology and are basically listless about it is a fallacy. We can all unequivocally agree with the fact that there is absolutely no field of work where women have not entered and passed with flying colours, then why do we still stick to this ancient stereotype?
It is visible not only in the way men treat women while they are using any new piece of gadget or doing a relatively tough process but also in the smaller things like general wife jokes and memes (which is sexist, by the way).
Sorry to break this to you, but if women can handle all the crap that they have tolerated since centuries, technology is not that big of a deal. Really. And all those people who will go on and give funny instances of how once a woman they know did something stupid or ignorant while using a computer, please note that you should check your privilege before relishing that laughter which seems to always be at the tip of your tongue.
One thing I don’t understand about men is that they are ready to mansplain things to us that we know and are mostly about ourselves. But when it comes to actually contributing to the growth of women around them, they suddenly have heaps of jokes and sly comments to make. That’s just… dumb. But maybe these men can’t see the sheer dumbness because the view is obscured by their humongous egos?
Dear men, before making such ignorant statement to others and yourself, do not forget to take a fact check first (watch this video!) and emerge much more aware than you were prior to it. Also, try not saying the phrase “not all men..” while reading this piece. Cheers!
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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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