How can you ignore the caste composition of the men who were part of "Bois locker room" chat group on Instagram. The group chats are full of sexual abuse, rape threats, rape planning, verbal abuse, cyberstalking. Look at some of the last names of the men in the group - (1/5)
Mehta, Chakrabarty, Tyal, Mishra, Kapoor, Tahiliani, Arora, Sur, Roy, Chaudhary, Singh, Vasisht, Dyol, Sharma, Rijhwani. Anyone with basic understanding of sociology would not blame behavior of these men on just 'toxic environment'. (2/5)
The idea of individual is yet to emerge in Indian society and it won't emerge until and unless we annihilate castes. Hence, the behavior of these men needs to blamed on their caste locus and their Brahmanical upbringing. (3/5)
This is what the theory of Brahamnical patriarchy is all about - shifting focus away from individuals to their castes, communities, families. (4/5)
As expected Savarna Brahmin women (Wadhwa, Jindal) have come in defence of their men, further highlighting the need of acknowledging the fact that our upbringing is shaped by the caste locus we are part of. (5/5)
