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Gender Place & Culture· 2026Q1

Feminist psychologies: Identities, relations, and well-being in India

Sonal Jain

Short summary

Psychology in India fails to grasp women's lives, gendered subjectivities, and mental health due to its inherent biases, according to a feminist critique.

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Key points

  • Psychology in India is critiqued for its inability to understand women's lives and mental health.
  • Existing psychological frameworks are identified as biased by patriarchal assumptions.
  • Gendered subjectivities and women's mental health are inadequately addressed by current approaches.
  • A need for feminist psychologies is proposed to offer more accurate understandings.

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Abstract

‘Feminist Psychologies’ offers an important feminist critique of psychology in India. Its central argument is that psychology cannot understand women’s lives, gendered subjectivities, mental health...

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Field: General Psychology

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