okay, so getting a surgery done due to mental insecurities isn't as 'attention-worthy' as poverty and/or malnutrition because the former is the individual's decision due to a passable 'state of mind' and the latter is a major problem?
well, let me connect the dots here. poverty and malnutrition didn't pop out of nowhere, people decided to have n number of kids either because they wanted more helping hands or because they wanted a male child (two of the most widespread reasons) things didn't exactly work out that way and the plans went haywire. result? poverty and malnutrition.
now, someone suffers from depression due to his/her looks and decides to go under the knife to look more beautiful. things don't exactly go according to the plan and it gets botched up. result? bad surgery and more depression.
the entire world works around the 'cause and effect' theory. my issue is that why is it that the effect is being emphasized upon in the first case and the cause in the second? how is 'getting a surgery done' any more personal a decision than 'giving birth to 11 kids'? just because the effect due the latter is more widespread and global, doesn't mean that the former isn't a problem or is completely 'made up' or exaggerated.
mental disorders are associated more with the west primarily because people come out with it more often and consult shrinks regularly, whereas in India 'depression' is something that a student feels after flunking a class test; the knowledge doesn't go beyond that. lack of awareness =/= lack of problem. just because westerners decide to go for divorce due to a bad marriage and indians decide to stick through it for whatever reason, doesn't mean that divorce is a made up issue.
coming to the topic, I did feel that the comment was harsh and insensitive. she had a bad surgery, fine, there's no need to rub it in her face and publicly denounce her. like someone else pointed out, calling a fat person 'fat' in public is mean and hurtful. he should have dodged the question in the first place because taking names just isn't the most graceful thing to do when it comes to questions like these.
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