I’m Balanced- A short graphic novel


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Creator/Artist: Akanksha Murmure

Category: Visual Communication

Document: P1 Project

Batch: 2016-2020

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Prasad Bokil


Detailed Description

Over the decades as society evolved, certain family systems stayed the same throughout. In India, considered a third-world nation, this is more true than the western parts of the world. Most parts of India have been following a men-forward system. The men being the breadwinners of the house and their wives the homemakers and carers of their children is a structure seen in almost every married household. Even though Indian society is complex and diverse across states and communities, certain gender biases and stereotypes have been found in every state. Gender segregation starts in the school, where boys and girls are differently taught and asked to take up particular subjects. “More than a third of Indian women (both urban and rural) primarily engaged in housework report wanting to work for pay if a job were available.” The burden of leaving their private sphere to reinforce the monetary needs has always been bestowed upon the men, leading to their absence in fatherly life. The gender stereotype that women should be the primary carers is carved into the fundamental structure of people’s everyday lives. makes the fathers mainly the discipline givers. and this bias is carved into the fundamental structure of people’s everyday lives.