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Today's episode and one scene in particular touched upon an issue I feel strongly against. Demeaning a woman for her choices, making her feel ashamed of herself for the fact that she she speaks her mind,knows what she wants and asks for it is in no way an act of 'shamelessness'.
This issue is prevalent even today maybe not just in our country,but all over the world. Still,it is much more ironic in our case,as we worship a million goddesses in our country.
And what's even more unfortunate is the fact that as women ourselves,we don't stand up for each other more often than not.
Woman is a woman's worst enemy when this happens. mothers should teach their sons to respect every woman and not just his mother.
Studies have proved that the rape culture is less to do with the sexual act itself and more to do with the need to establish strength and power over the woman.
We as a society fail time and again because unless this mentality surrounding a 'bold' woman doesn't change,nothing ever will.
What kind of feelings did Malay even have for Helena in the first place? I'm forced to assume that it was always superficial. At first I believed he wanted to gain something from the Macedonians,but Malay dismissed that(very strongly so).
Then why was he with Helena? Because she seems 'easy'? I understand the times were different back then,but still,why is it that a woman who doesn't fit to societal norms considered a 'characterless woman'?
So what we encourage as a society is a woman who has no voice of her own? Why?
You know when I saw the rabbit scene the other day Helena seemed overly obsessive,but now I can understand where that comes from. Her insecurities lies from the fact that she has been made to feel ashamed from various sources we don't know about. So she seeks comfort from wherever she can.She has her guards up otherwise. Why is that? Because she feared exactly what happened today.
Leaving all that aside,Malay mentioned royal blood today.i get that.But I don't buy that lie. He never gave her any importance,royal blood or not. He's a male chauvinist and womaniser at that.
The last few lines about Desh Bhakti seemed legit,but denying a woman her dignity was uncalled for. This,being a woman he claimed to love. So were her actions surprising at all?She demanded her rights and was left feeling empty.
Ps : Though at first there was a lot of screaming and yelling,the most of the scene was very well executed by Chetan ( I saw hints of Bhimdev today. That menacing glare makes you very uncomfortable. If he works a bit more on voice modulation, he can do so much better )
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