Emerald Publishers
Women Empowerment
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Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" is a seminal existentialist work on feminism, first published in 1949. Her ideas played an essential role in initiating the second wave of feminism in the 1960s. Nevertheless, we take pride in the fact that the revolutionary Periyar EVR introduced these concepts in his groundbreaking book "Pen Yen Adimaiyaanal" in 1933. Periyar went beyond Beauvoir's ideas to denounce toxic masculinity and critique it as a threat to women's liberation. This concept was not even advanced by Beauvoir. Furthermore, Periyar introduced several unique concepts, such as contraception as a means of women's liberation and the right to choose not to have children. These concepts were remarkably ahead of their time and continue to inspire us today. This book presents some of the extraordinary concepts of Periyar that have had a significant impact on the feminist movement.
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About the Author: Dr Radhika Murugesan was born and brought up in Purasawalkam, Chennai. Her father Late Mr. C Murugesan retired Chief Engineer of Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board TWAD. Her mother, Dr Sucharita Murugesan, a doctor, retired as professor of Pathology Madras Medical College. Dr Radhika Murugesan was educated in CSI Ewart Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Purasawalkam. She then finished her MBBS in Madras Medical College in the year 1999. She qualified in the MRCPsych in UK (awarded by the Royal College of Psychiatrists) and completed her 3-year CCT too which is a Higher Specialist Training in Psychiatry. She has also completed Msc in psychiatric research from UCL, London. Dr Radhika Murugesan has always found her roots in Chennai and with a passion to bring International Standards of care returned to Chennai in 2021 to establish a centre in Thoraipakkam known as Chennai Minds. She believes in dispelling stigma by ways of empowering people with information and continues to write and speak in this regard..
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