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Well-known and popular Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon has come into limelight these days for her films as well as her outspoken opinion on a very serious social issue. Between the incident of brutality against a minor near the famous Kalkaji temple in the country’s capital Delhi and the shameful cases that came to light in Jamui, Bihar, when there was silence or strange debate everywhere regarding the safety of women, then the actress, without saying much, has attacked this rotten mentality of the society through social media. Recently, some of the posts and liked content re-shared by them on social media have made it clear that they are deeply hurt by the crimes against women and the faulty thinking of the society, which after every incident starts raising questions on the victim’s clothes, time of her exit and her character.
Whenever any heinous crime or incident of rape against women comes to light in the country, a section of the society immediately starts asking the victim girl such questions as ‘What was she wearing?’, ‘Why did she go out at night?’ or ‘Where was she and with whom?’ When Kriti Sanon re-shared a post flouting these narrow and patriarchal questions on her official Instagram account, it became a big topic of discussion on the internet. In this post it was written in very clear words that now is the time when we should stop teaching women how to hide themselves to avoid attacks, but on the contrary, we should start teaching boys and men to respect women, not control them and not attack anyone. This activity of the actress is getting support from women across the country and people are saying that being a celebrity, she has expressed her views on a very sensitive issue at the right time.
Sharp question on society’s dual priorities and deviation from primary issues
The second post, endorsed and re-shared by Kriti Sanon, also took a sharp dig at how strange and inconsistent our country’s priorities have become. It was written in that post that in this country, there is not as much public outcry or anger over the heinous crimes against women, serious deaths like domestic violence and dowry harassment, as is seen in the form of trolling on social media over the clothes of an actress or the outfits worn in advertisements on festivals. Experts believe that recently some people were unnecessarily criticized by some people for the clothes worn in the advertisement of a jewelery brand, after which this is being considered as a befitting reply to such double standards. After the heart-wrenching incident in Kalkaji area of Delhi and the shameful incidents in Jamui, Bihar, questions are being raised on the security arrangements across the country, at a time when a big actress openly standing in favor of women in this way gives a positive message.
There is a strong need for women’s safety and change in thinking.
Since this entire social media debate has come to light, the debate has once again intensified whether the attitude towards women in our country is really changing or are we still living with the same old and suppressed mentality. Unless society stops blaming the victim’s clothing and mannerisms, the fear of law cannot be eliminated from the minds of criminals. Kriti Sanon may not have given any long speech on these matters, but the thoughts and posts she has aired have shown a mirror to those contractors of the society who start raising distorted questions after every incident. The public is now demanding that merely sharing posts on social media will not suffice, but every citizen of the country and the law and order system will have to work together to create such a strict environment where daughters can breathe freely without any fear and criminals can be punished immediately and harshly.