India, Jan. 11 -- I was watching a video on 'feminine energy' in which the presenter said something that made me pause and replay as I wanted to be sure I had heard right. The presenter said women should tone down their 'masculine energy' in the way they walk. And that women who are stuck in masculine energy struggle to slow down and also struggle to spend time doing things that are not productive and are just for pleasure.

I couldn't believe this horse rubbish being spouted in this day and age. But it turns out that there are a million people who do believe it. New age self-help pundits are repackaging gender stereotypes, wrapping them in soft lighting and soothing music, and selling them in a series of lucrative self-discovery videos a...