In this collection of provocative confessions, both women and men speak of how they came to discover what really gets them going when it comes to a dominating woman taking charge with a strict hand. It is a raw and sometimes extreme look at how the power dynamic between a woman and a man can play out in an infinite number of ways both sexually and in their overall relationship. The act of a woman physically disciplining a man is at the heart of each narrative, but the way in which this evolves in each instance is very broad and much more complicated than the simple motion of a female's hand striking a man's body. The obsession with spanking and being spanked runs throughout most of the personal revelations, but they go far beyond that to deeper needs, to traumatic early-life experiences and to broader visions of living a life in a matriarchal society. Spanking is tied up in so many emotional, psychological and physical dimensions that it is impossible to distill the whole world of getting a good hard whipping into simple depictions. Yet, it is possible to take the broad array of men and women who have either gotten disciplined or have done the disciplining in a strikingly memorable way and let them speak for themselves. The stories collected here are chosen from a vast array of confessions due to their unique qualities. There were many similar stories I came upon but the ones printed here really stuck in my mind as being especially exemplary of women with deep desires to spank and men with endless urges to be spanked due to unusually powerful events or people in their lives. The characters run the gamut - fierce-willed wives, bossy bosses, Femdom-believing heads of households, strict stepmothers, spanking addicts, firmly disciplined males, corporal punishment proponents, humiliated cuckolds, strict black queens, power hungry girlfriends, naughty boys and philosophers of matriarchy.

Jeannette Howard Foster was to lesbianism in the mid-twentieth century what out authors such as Gore Vidal and James Baldwin were to gay men. She unapologetically blew the lid off Cold War sexual repression in 1956 with her Sex Variant Women in Literature-the first-ever study of homosexual, bisexual, and cross-dressing characters appearing in more than 300 works, from ancient times to the present. Joanne Passet's Sex Variant Woman is a fascinating portrait of Foster, who served as the first librarian at the Kinsey Institute before leaving to publish her controversial book. It is also a riveting look into the pre-Stonewall past, the intense sexual repression and persecution endured by homosexuals, the groundbreaking advances put forth by a cadre of activists, and the rise of feminism and gay and lesbian liberation decades later.

1. Empowerment – Safety Mechanism for Women, 2. Safety Planning and Designing Mechanisms to Combat Gender Based Violence, 3. Identification of Forms of Abuse and Abusers – A Safety Mechanism for Women, 4. An Analysis of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, 5. Generation Safety Rights of College Students, 6. Contacts of Social Networking Sites on Women’s Self Defense, 7. Knowledge of Women’s Self-Defense and Self-Protection, 8. Study on Girl Child Abuse: Chennai, 9. Forms of Abuse, 10. Enhancement of Safety and Security of Women, 11. Study on the Prevalence of Domestic Violence Against Women in Kothavalchavadi Slum, Chennai, 12. Some Insights into Gender Inequality in the Indian Labour Marketm, 13. Strategies for Enhancing Women’s Safety in Public Spaces, 14. Influence of Self Defense Programme for Adolescent Girls, 15. Violation of Child Rights by Deviant Parents in the Slums and Protective Mechanisms, 16. Sexual Harassment of Women in Sports, 17. Rape Victimization: Consequences, Preventive Approach and Restorative Justice Perspective, 18. Girl Students’ Safety Rights Practices in Co-Education Colleges, 19. Violence Against Women, 20. Domestic Violence and Abuse Against Women in India – An Overview, 21. Women’s Safety in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 22. Socialization and Securing Children: An Analysis, 23. Empower Women to Rebuild Society, 24. Preventing Gender-Based Violence Through Safety and Security Mechanism, 25. Protection of Working Women Rights - Constitution Provisions and Judicial Approaches, 26. Assisted Reproductive Technology Abuse in Gestational Surrogacy, 27. Need of Life Skill Education for Adolescent Girls, 28. Violence Against Dalit Women: A Study in Selected District of Tamilnadu, 29. Health and Social Consequences of Violence Against Women and Girls, 30. A Study on Women Empowerment and Self-Help Group with Reference to Madurai District, 31. Aspects of Women Empowerment, 32. Protecting Women with Disabilities From Violence in India, 33. Gender Issues: The Role of Women in Agricultural Sector, 34. Women Workers and Perceptions of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India, 35. Forms of Abuse of Women Village Panchayat Presidents, 36. An Intelligent Security System for Violence Against Women in Public Places, 37. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 38. Consequences of Abuse Leading to Violence in Women and Child – An Analytical Review, 39. Social Exclusion of Differently – Abled Women, 40. Harassment of Women in Public Spaces: Three Case Studies, 41. Socio-Economic Empowerment of Tribal Women – An Indian Perspective, 42. Protect Female Children From Abuse, 43. Safety and Security Needs of Girl Children, 44. Women Tackling Violence in Public Places, 45. Building Safe and Inclusive Cities For Women and Girls, 46. Buildng a Safety Strategy for Women and Girls, 47. Violence Against Women, 48. The Upshot of Sky Yoga Intervention on Emotional Stability and Integrity Among Adolescence at NPTC, 49. Strategies for Adolescent Reproductive Health in India, 50. The Need for Safety and Security of Adolescent Girls in Public Spaces with Special Reference to Ponmalaipatti Area of Tiruchirappalli District, 51. Women Entrepreneurship in India: Challenges and Problems, 52. A Study on the Harassment of Kulal Beedi Rolling Women in Day-to-Day Life and Defence Mechanism, 53. Safety and Security Needs of Women and Girls in Public Spaces, 54. Analysis of Commonly Identifiable Traits and Styles Amongst the 50 Most Powerful Women in Global Business, 55. Preventing Bias in Implementing Women Development Prorammes, 56. A Study on Safety and Security of Women Employees in Information Technology Sector: A Sociological Perspective, 57. Planning and Designing Mechanism for Women at WorkPlace.

The report analyzes key challenges for improving gender equality in the MENA region and provides policy priorities that Governments could consider to address these challenges. By and large the critical areas are in improving economic and political participation of females.

Inspired by egalitarian doctrines, the Dalit communities in India have been fighting for basic human and civic rights since the middle of the nineteenth century. In this book, Shailaja Paik focuses on the struggle of Dalit women in one arena - the realm of formal education – and examines a range of interconnected social, cultural and political questions. What did education mean to women? How did changes in women’s education affect their views of themselves and their domestic work, public employment, marriage, sexuality, and childbearing and rearing? What does the dissonance between the rhetoric and practice of secular education tell us about the deeper historical entanglement with modernity as experienced by Dalit communities? Dalit Women's Education in Modern India is a social and cultural history that challenges the triumphant narrative of modern secular education to analyse the constellation of social, economic, political and historical circumstances that both opened and closed opportunities to many Dalits. By focusing on marginalised Dalit women in modern Maharashtra, who have rarely been at the centre of systematic historical enquiry, Paik breathes life into their ideas, expectations, potentials, fears and frustrations. Addressing two major blind spots in the historiography of India and of the women’s movement, she historicises Dalit women’s experiences and constructs them as historical agents. The book combines archival research with historical fieldwork, and centres on themes including slum life, urban middle classes, social and sexual labour, and family, marriage and children to provide a penetrating portrait of the actions and lives of Dalit women. Elegantly conceived and convincingly argued, Dalit Women's Education in Modern India will be invaluable to students of History, Caste Politics, Women and Gender Studies, Education Studies, Urban Studies and Asian studies.

From respected academics like Carol Gilligan to pop-psych gurus like John Gray, and even the controversial Harvard President Lawrence Summers, the message has long been the same: Men and women are fundamentally different, and trying to bridge the gender gap can only lead to grief. But as the New York Times Book Review raved, Barnett and Rivers "debunk these theories in a no-nonsense way, offering a refreshingly direct (i.e. unashamedly judgmental) critique of traditional parental roles, tututting at the couples they interviewed who cling to stereotyped ideas of the family." "Blending case histories, new research and thoughtful analysis, the writers describe the divide between the sexes as a crevice, not a chasm. The good news: We're all a lot more flexible than the gender clich8Es let on."-Psychology Today

Feminism’s origins have often been framed around a limited cast of mostly white and educated foremothers, but the truth is that feminism has been and continues to be a global movement. For centuries, women from all walks of life have been mobilizing for gender justice. As the last decade has reminded even the most powerful women, there is nothing “post-feminist” about our world. And there is much to be learned from the passion and protests of the past. Historian Lucy Delap looks to the global past to give us a usable history of the movement against gender injustice—one that can help clarify questions of feminist strategy, priority and focus in the contemporary moment. Rooted in recent innovative histories, the book incorporates alternative starting points and new thinkers, challenging the presumed priority of European feminists and ranging across a global terrain of revolutions, religions, empires and anti-colonial struggles. In Feminisms, we find familiar stories—of suffrage, of solidarity, of protest—yet there is no assumption that feminism looks the same in each place or time. Instead, Delap explores a central paradox: feminists have demanded inclusion but have persistently practiced their own exclusions. Some voices are heard and others are routinely muted. In amplifying the voices of figures at the grassroots level, Delap shows us how a rich relationship to the feminist past can help inform its future.