Tag: Compulsory

Every election cycle, a shocking amount of money is spent on encouraging people to vote in countries like the US. Of course, political parties spend billions on doing so, which is quite a small investment when the winner gets to allocate trillions of dollars — but nonpartisan groups also tr...

Right to Free and Compulsory Education started as a mere suggestion in 1882 by the Indian Education Commission. The importance of education to build a strong nation was identified almost 150 years ago, however, it was only brought into action 11 years ago in the form of the Right to Free and Compuls...

Compulsory heterosexuality (Comphet) is a term that was made popular in 1980 after Adrianne Rich wrote the paper Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence. She argued against the common idea that women were only attracted to men (so any women acting otherwise were doing so due to bittern...