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The Gender Trap by I.J. Singh ~ ijsingh99@gmail.com June 28, 2014: I suppose gender issues have been on my mind days since forever, though not quite in the sense of immediacy as now. fingre_0 (13K)We all believe that Sikh teaching is so egalitarian and absolutely devoid of gender bias...

I am in a rather heated discussion with someone on Facebook, who touts himself as being extremely religious and knowledgeable in Sikhi. He is trying to tell me these things and saying they are backed up by Gurbani: 1. That women are not allowed to talk to men (at all) outside of marriage. 2...

Fetal gender testing offered at private clinics - CANADA Raises fears that gender selection happening in Canada http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/06/12/ultrasound-gender-testing.html

The straitjackets of caste and gender ANNIE NAMALA New Delhi— Special to Globe and Mail Update Click for a brief timeline describing caste and gender in India...

I have an issue that's troubling me... It seems like not only in Sikh History but the current identity of Sikhi is shaped heavily by men. Recently, there was a pole on here about who the most influential figures were in Sikh History... not a single woman on the list. And usually the only woman...

Mar 7, 2011 Indian men lead in sexual violence, worst on gender equality: Study Neha Bhayana, TNN | Mar 7, 2011, 12.30am IST NEW DELHI: Nearly one in four Indian men has committed sexual violence at some point in their lives and one in five has admittedly forced his wife or partner to...

I appreciate this is a controversial topic but none the less I feel it should be discussed as in the intersex community there is a high suicide rate. How does Sikhi 'deal' (sorry I could not think of a better word) with the 'issue' of intersexuality and transgenderism. On one hand Sikhism is...

By Kalyani Raamath About a year ago, I watched Ruth Cowan's movie Courting Justice on women in South Africa's Constitutional Court. My reactions to the movie were contradictory. On the one hand, the narrative was no doubt inspiring as stories of all hard won successes are. On the other, I...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Boy-oh-boy/Article1-588110.aspx They’re referred to as ‘Bangkok Boys’ on the Page 3 circuit — babies conceived during holidays in the Thai capital. High-flying city couples, some of them prominent on the P3 circuit are travelling to Thailand, where gender...

If doubts remained about the relationship between the Catholic Church's spectacular failure to address the clerical child sex abuse crisis and the church's glaring system of gender apartheid, the Vatican put them to rest in July. Engendering a firestorm of criticism, their new canonical...

This paper was presented in International Sikh Conferences 2004 WHAT SIKHISM SAYS ABOUT GENDER AND SEX I.J. Singh This century has discovered the evils of sexism, and gender politics is such that the subject will not go away, nor should it. Gender issues remain minefields that continue...

Relocating Gender in Sikh History: Research or Blasphemy by Kashmir Singh The stance, tone and tenor of Doris R. Jakobsch in her book Relocating Gender in Sikh History is anti-Sikh. It aims to denigrate the pure khalsa traditions. The author gleefully highlights the negative...

Gurbani teaches us: God is gender free. The Guru Granth Sahib refers to God as both masculine and feminine. At times, God is referred to as our father, mother, friend, husband to a soul-bride, etc. God is unborn and does not die. God belongs to neither sex. God...

Mai ji has raised question in another thread that there is Gender inequality in rehat maryada.I want to know what is it and what she is pointing tords?

WHAT SIKHISM SAYS ABOUT GENDER AND SEX by I.J. Singh This century has discovered the evils of sexism, and gender politics is such that the subject will not go away, nor should it. Gender issues remain minefields that continue to impact all human societies, including Sikh teaching and...

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This year we are fortunate to be celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the Gurta Gadee – ascension to the Throne of the House of Nanak – of the Perpetual GURU – Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Apart from the fact that the GURU Granth is a Masterpiece of Poetic thought put to music in the sense of its...

:advocate: GUR FATEH JIO! I HAVE READ A FEW POSTS ON HOMOSEXUALITY ETC AMONGST SIKHS AND ITS A SUBJECT THAT IS DEBATED BY ALL FAITHS. IT HAS TO BE SAID ITS A TOPIC THAT MOST SIKHS I KNOW REGARD AS UNWORTHY OF DEBATE. MANY SIKHS ADOPT A "BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND HOPE THE TOPIC GOES AWAY"...

Source: http://www.southasiapost.org/2007/20071031/features.htm Caste, Gender and the Sikhs By Balvinder THE Supreme Court of India recently confirmed life imprisonments for three Sikh men, accused of ‘honour kills’. While delivering the judgment one of the judges, Justice H.S. Bedi...

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