Papers by Debabrata Sardar
Gender discrimination and the politics of gender identity has always been an extremely interestin... more Gender discrimination and the politics of gender identity has always been an extremely interesting field for theorists and researchers. Consequently, we have lots of critical writings on the issue of male supremacy and female subjugation. But with much relevance thinkers tend to delve deep to scrutinise the reason behind this and elaborates the process through which women are reduced to the level of an inferior being, a sexual 'other'. Gradually, it is revealed that the entire process engages a complex inter disciplinary study ranging from physiology to psychology. Social and cultural factors are equally instrumental in the process of such politically motivated identity formation. The famous psycho analyst, Sigmund Freud in his writings has shown how a girl child experiences certain psychological complexity due to her physiological difference with a boy child. In his analysis biological determinism is mingled with social and psychological constructivism. Later researchers ob...
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Papers by Debabrata Sardar