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How Social Stigmas are Plaguing the Mindsets of Young People and Creating Gender Biases

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Sometime ago, I was at home, watching TED Talks India: Nayi Baat , a show that very few people are aware about. Because for a weird reason, we tend to incline more towards those shitty daily soap operas and reality shows like Bigg Boss than towards insightful & original content. Let's shelve this discussion for some other time. Anyway, so as I was watching some really awesome speakers come up on stage and share mindful thoughts about society & the world, there was one talk that distinctively stood out from the rest.  Madhumita Pandey, who is PhD in the criminology department, wanted to do a thesis on some case. After hearing about the notoriously infamous 2012 Delhi Gangrape Case, that forced a lot of outrage among the Indian people and the media alike, she came up with some really introspective questions. Why do men rape women? What prompts these men? What are the circumstances which produce men like this? Amidst all  this chaos and blame games, she wanted