Posted:
Pooja Bedi
So Deepika flaunted her perfect assets and some
gawked and gaped, some others drooled and
swooned, while some raised eyebrows and friends
and feminists went into protest overdrive about
the media coverage of it.
In this era of women emancipation, we have
forgotten that it should be about equality, not
being over-sensitive. We don't go into a hostile
frenzy when cameras caress and capture SRK's
and Hrithik's perfect six-pack abs. We marvel, we
envy and we drool. Why should it be different for
a woman? When you are a public figure and you
go out to a press event, you are bound to be
dissected from your chipped nail polish to your
repeated shoes. If admiring and focussing on a
woman's assets is a crime, all item numbers
should be banned. How fair is it to say, I will dress
to tantalise publicly, but you have to look the
other way? In your homes, you dress keeping in
mind the reactions you will receive from your
family, in-laws, husband and neighbours.
For a celebrity, going out in front of the cameras
is a responsibility to flaunt only what they want
noticed and it's really silly in the name of women's
rights to say, "Why did you notice and focus on
what I flaunted?" Or, "How dare you give a public
appearance media attention!" We react to
situations from our point of view. Of course, to us,
our point of view is absolutely valid and correct;
else we wouldn't be so vehement about it. It's
often quoted that one man's meat is another
man's poison and that one man's freedom fighter
is another man's terrorist. Everything in life is
about perspective, and while you are governed by
yours, you must keep an open mind about the
flipside of the coin. As long as there is no violence
or unlawful methods being adopted, everyone is
entitled to their point of view. Even if it's top
angle!
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