6SharesThe dual ways in which women’s bodies are culturally treated include, fetishizing or commodifying; which turns women into objects to be covered and coveted and; sexualising, which limits women’s roles to servicing male entitlement. Both approaches devalue women’s gendered identities and demote the option where women may seek pleasure in/for their own bodies or celebrate […]
A mentally-handicapped woman was reportedly gang-raped in Tehsil Paharpur District in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Three men forcibly broke into the house of the victim at midnight and sexually assaulted her. Later, the culprits also blackmailed the woman against reporting the crime. According to police, one of the accused has been arrested, while […]
74SharesA district court judge has been accused of raping a woman litigant who came to his court. The alleged victim and her partner with whom she wanted to enter into a free-will marriage were arrested from a guest house last week and produced before the said judge. According to the complaint lodged by the woman, […]