ALSphere Foundation
Taming Shrew, The Nemesis of Equality
Following PTA meet, teacher began teaching class differently.
Two plus three was five only for the correct gender: Male. The rest got ‘wrong’ in different formats of language and expressions. If imbalanced equations were what was sought, training should start early she decided.
Gender based biases definitely constituted imbalanced equations!
Lini Fernandez
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Satisfaction
“Give him something to stop wailing. He must be hungry.”
“He is neither having milk nor fruits.”
“Why don’t you try some nuts or pistachios?”
Down the lane, a poor child of the same age dug through the garbage bin and smiled as he ate a piece of half-rotten apple.
Sudha Vishwanath
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