S9E1: Understanding boyhood, singleism, society and sexuality with Dr. Ketaki Chowkhani

Its pride month 2025 and DAP is back with a new episode. In this episode we are joined by Dr. Ketaki Chaukhani. Dr. Chowkhani is an Assistant Professor at Manipal Centre for Humanities where she teaches India’s first ever course on Singles Studies. Join us in this riveting conversation where she explains what is single studies or "singleism" and her research that attempts to understand boyhood, sexuality and society.

Recommendations

Dr. Chaukhani's selected works:

1. https://www.theswaddle.com/marriage-is-letting-us-down-should-there-be-a-right-not-to-marry

2. Her book: The Limits of Sexuality EducationLove, Sex, and Adolescent Masculinities in Urban India

Dr. Ketaki Chaukhani:

• Bella de Paulo

Vatsal

• Flop show

Megh

Pushpa 2

Rebecca Watson, violence

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/11/25/should-a-country-speak-a-single-language