Final word on the Deepika cleavage controversy

Going beyond the films when one engages in the very same titillation with the way one dresses for fashion shoots or even offscreen (neither for a movie or a shoot) on many occasions one is once again relying on the same commercial interests one is relying on the very same logic. Again, one keeps the audience interest alive by providing that very same skin show if you will. A woman of course has the right to dress as she likes but if she willingly submits herself to a sexualized paradigm as and when it suits her one can hardly complain that something revolutionary has happened with the TOI picture. And this is not like someone dressing this way as a non-celebrity. Because that is simply a lifestyle choice with no commercial motive to it. But here TOI has a commercial interest as does Deepika. Today even men do the same with 6 packs and what not. Again they participate in the same paradigm. Either way it the actor's choice. This is not what I'm criticizing. But you can't suddenly pretend that TOI is not respecting women' when you do the very same in film after film from exposure of the body to titillating lines (that latest Bhansali film with innuendo-laden lines about the girl pulling the boy's trigger'.. yes yes I know, it's all about what the character' demands!).

But let's expand the conversation a bit more. Wasn't this the same Deepika who talked about Ranbir in some very tasteless ways on Johar's show as she and Sonam giggled about his anatomy (I am being euphemistic) or talked about other let's say preferences' of his in bed? Wasn't this even worse than the images?

All of this still does not mean that what TOI did was right but allow me to raise my eyebrows at the storm Deepika has generated over this and the holier-than-thou attitude with which many of her peers have follow ('hey who's disrespecting women?'! Yeah right!).

Who wrote this? I agree with them.

Originally posted by: .khoobsurat.

Who wrote this? I agree with them.

Esp this bold part below..great point and this is why I was against Deepika complaining about her cleavage picture being taken.

"woman of course has the right to dress as she likes but if she willingly submits herself to a sexualized paradigm as and when it suits her one can hardly complain that something revolutionary has happened with the TOI picture"

This topic is becoming boring now. Everybody has different options from their experience.

The issue is that her cleavage became some sort of a newsworthy headline, the issue isn't that she can't wear revealing clothes, the issue is that a supposed f**king reputed news outlet has to resort to such dumbfu**kery to highlight an actresses cleavage to show as news and then sleazily reply back to her saying it was a compliment. She complained about that very thing and I can guarantee you anything that if this was not Deepika and another actress people would not even debate the issue they would support the actress no matter what, just because it's an actress who is the rival makes her issue irrelevant.
The issue is CONSENT, consent matters she can dress whatever the way she wants, DP whatever kind of photoshoots she wants to, that doesn't give perverts any rights to take pictures of her in high angles and sell them off as journalism.

Ok so for the millionth time people think she had a problem with the photograph itself? No it was the dumb "shocking cleavage show" headline that got her upset like it was some sort of serious crime.

Deepika's tweet and her choice of songs do not match or maybe it is just a wrong timing and both sound silly now! If Deepika feels so strongly about objectification...She should be strong enough to refuse such songs or else her good intentions in her tweets seem lost or worse it may be mistaken for publicity gimmick!

PS: Though real and reel life is different yet for someone who wants media to change the way they look at female celebrities she should also feel responsible how females are portrayed in her movies!