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Educated daughters vs strong daughters: The difference

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Indian government, Indian law, and pro-female organizations in that land talk about increasing education of girls and women. I get very amused at this ineffective and useless propoganda that does nothing great to help the girl child and women. This is because most women even if educated are unable to continue work, career or do entrepreneurship because their parents or in-laws or community will not allow them. So it means educate them for namesake and then make them stagnant to do caring and cooking jobs at home. In short, educate them and again throw them in the same gutter or furnace as before. Education gives them no financial independence, no autonomy, no freedom to decide for self or children. Then what is the role of education for them? Nothing. I pity the parents who think that educating a daughter makes them finish their duty towards her. They continue to rear her as a cow or sheep. The net result is an educated women with no respect or autonomy and no space of her own. This ca...

Sex toys for rehabilitation of rape and sexual violence victims and survivors

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Sex toys are a controversial subject. There are legal and ethical objections to its use and hence sale. But it's good and useful potentials are being overlooked.  No need to hide face. Rape was not your fault (Source: USA victims of rape)  Sex toys in rape survivors  One very important role of sex toys is in recovery phase of rape and sexual violence survivors. The counseling sessions take care of emotional and psychological aspects post-rapes but the sexual recovery is rarely discussed properly and in detail. Dutch designer Nienke Helder has made tools for this purpose. She said: " The tools are an opportunity to explore your personal sexual recovery,” She named her collection Sexual Healing. It includes a horsehair brush for touch and tickling, a mirror to assist the victim have a view of the vulva region, a pelvic device that vibrates and informs when  muscles are tensed, and a bean-shaped sensor that is lit up if the victim breathes heavily and fast. She adds: ...