Originally posted by: ---Andromeda---
One thing certainly amazes me.Be it a TV soap or a movie,women are always expected to be perfect.They are expected to be paragons of virtue.Even a single human flaw will blemish their image.They are supposed to be goddesses.
Whenever we hear about the concept of a TV show,some concepts are about a rich spoit brat and a casanova guy who is changed miraculously when a sweet,simple girl enters his life.Have we ever heard about a show in which the female lead has dated many guys before she finds her true love? No we haven't.And even in real life the guy only earns the title of a casanova but sadly it doesn't take long for people to label the girl as a s**t.
I am not saying that being a flirt or being in multiple relationships is justified for anyone.It's about individual choice.It's about what the person wants regardless of the fact that it's a man or woman.
Television soap operas might be extremely dramatic and unrealistic at times.But at some point or other they do reflect the reality when it comes to the mentality of people.That's why all the Ekta soaps,Rashmi Sharma soaps,etc which show a woman getting tortured and tolerating everything in the name of sanskaars and love get TRPs.
Frankly I am amazed at how the FLs of these soaps tolerate the atrocities and yet put on a smile.Human beings cannot have much tolerance.They get scorned,insulted and taunted.Still they carry on with their patni dharma.🤢
Another point which I find really confusing and weird is that all the gravest mistakes made by the ML are justified by saying that the character is flawed.The guy insulted the girl?? Pat comes the reply,'Oh!! That guy is flawed you see.'
The guy hit the girl?? He is flawed.I also remember an old topic which I had read in this forum in which someone had justified Dev's act of slapping Bijoy by saying that Dev is flawed.😕
Why only men have the right to be flawed?? Why can't a woman with flaws be accepted?? Sometimes the female characters have to listen to what not because of something which is not even a mistake.So how can their flaws be accepted??
When we talk about equality,then I believe that men and women should be treated equally in all spheres.Even daily soaps.Both men and women have shortcomings and limitations.
And equality shouldn't be our only objective.Another objective to be achieved is equity which means fair and impartial treatment.For equality and equity complement each other.