A Woman on a Harley-Davidson

<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">What makes men hysterical? The women’s reservation bill! This episode of The Longest Constitution examines why women aren't in Parliament, and how that would help. We also look at the issue of livelihood, which is often determined by everyone but those who lose their livelihood. We look at eggs, surrogacy and orchestra performers - maybe in that order! </p><p>Randall, Vicky, “Legislative Gender Quotas and Indian Exceptionalism: The Travails of the Women's Reservation Bill”, <em>Comparative Politics </em></p><p>Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 63-82. </p><p><strong>Menon, Nivedita, “Elusive 'Woman': Feminism and Women's Reservation Bill”</strong></p><p><em>Economic and Political Weekly</em>, 35, 43/44, 2000</p><p>Bhatia, Gautam, “Direct and Indirect Discrimination: Conceptual Slippages in the Orchestra Bars Case”, </p><p><u><a href="https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/direct-and-indirect-discrimination-conceptual-slippages-in-the-orchestra-bars-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/direct-and-indirect-discrimination-conceptual-slippages-in-the-orchestra-bars-case/</a></u></p><p><u><a href="https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98jul14/head.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98jul14/head.htm</a></u></p><p><strong>Legal reading material:</strong></p><p>On eggs: <u><a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/447905/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/447905/</a></u></p><p>On surrogacy: The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, <a href="https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2021/232118.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2021/232118.pdf</a></p><p>If you have missed out on The Longest Constitution Season 1, check here: ( "The Longest Constitution with Priya Mirza")</p><p>You can follow Priya on social media:</p><p>Instagram: ( <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thelongestconstitution_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref