Discussion Forum: Decoding Toxic Masculinity

Discussion Forum is an initiative undertaken by ASHA: The IPM Social Club, along with other committees and clubs across the IPM and PGP board. The initiative aims at creating a platform for informed discussion and conversation on a variety of contemporary social issues, not just on the campus level, but country wide. 

Placing experts and leading persons for the fields, as the panelists of the conference, Discussion Forums aims at educating and pioneering a change, through an open set-up where questions are welcome. 

In this edition of Discussion forums, we are taking on the topic of 'Decoding Toxic Masculinity'.

This talk arose from The Delhi 'Bois Locker Room' incident dawned on the realisation of the crucial need for conversation and understanding of the root causes behind such behaviours. Some of the topics that will be addressed are the role of privilege and sexually regressive atmospheres in the exhibition of such behaviour and further analysis of possible interconnections between toxic masculinity and religion, along with the role of politics in this landscape. Most importantly, how can we identify the fine line between complimenting a person without it being perceived in a wrong light?  What are the challenges that will be faced when we think of making our campuses and workplaces more diverse? 

Our lead panelist of the discussion is Dr Arpita Chakraborty, who has completed her PhD at the School of Law and Government. (Profile: https://bit.ly/32NiGJH). She was the first Ireland India Institute scholar to join Dublin City University and was previously employed as an Editor with Sage Publications. Her research interest lies in Masculinity, Religion, the public sphere, feminist theory, and postcolonial studies. You can listen to one of her recent podcasts on a similar topic at https://bit.ly/34Z4j7U. 

The moderator of the talk is Prof. Dibyaduti Roy, an accomplished scholar and professor at IIM Indore with over ten years of experience working in multidisciplinary academic environments across USA, UK and India. He has a public-facing publication profile with core research specialisations in digital humanities, new media studies, and theories of masculinity and gender. (https://dibyaroy.com/#) One of his published pieces on the topic: (https://bit.ly/31SlOVs)

There are no prerequisites to attending this discussion. 

Feel free to promote the talk to anyone around you, and begin to pioneer the change  you wish to see in the world!