Posted:
After Hollywood
actors came out
with their
harrowing
experiences
against Harvey
Weinstein,
Bollywood has
been
encouraging
women to speak
up against any
sexual
misconduct.
Recently, Kangana
Ranaut in an
interview with
indianexpress.com, opened up strongly
about being a victim to sexual harassment
and how it is the skepticism of society that
stops actors, especially women, to come out
with their experiences in the open. Now,
Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar have
expressed their view on the same.
In an interview with Business Insider,
Akshay Kumar said sexual misconduct is
"everywhere and that the allegations
against entertainment stars in the US may
encourage other women around the world
to speak up.
"It's just that when [sexual misconduct]
happens in Hollywood, it comes out so big.
Everybody knows about it, but it's
everywhere, Akshay said. In response to
the same question, actor-turned-writer-
turned-producer Twinkle Khanna said
women are fed up of being mistreated and
hence, they are voicing themselves.
"It's an outreach that's been suppressed for
very long. Women are tired of being
grabbed and groped. Women are tired of
bending over backwards to get ahead in
the workforce, bending over backwards to
the point where sometimes they have to lie
horizontal in order to go forward, said
Twinkle.
To the same publication, Shah Rukh Khan
said that women should be lauded for
coming out so bravely. "We should not just
let it be about Oh this man behaved like
this' and This is so shocking,' or all of that.
But we should respect the emotion of the
women taking such a strong step in
coming out, and being so brave, and help
stop this from happening in our individual
industries, said the actor who was quick
to accept that he is a successful man in a
patriarchal system.
"The sad part of it is that you don't know if
it could be happening right under your
nose, he continued.
Dozens of women have accused Harvey
Weinstein of sexual harassment. Weinstein,
who is currently under investigation for
sexual assault in four cities, has denied all
allegations of non-consensual sex.
http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-on-sexual-harassment-akshay-kumar-twinkle-khanna-4986723/.
actors came out
with their
harrowing
experiences
against Harvey
Weinstein,
Bollywood has
been
encouraging
women to speak
up against any
sexual
misconduct.
Recently, Kangana
Ranaut in an
interview with
indianexpress.com, opened up strongly
about being a victim to sexual harassment
and how it is the skepticism of society that
stops actors, especially women, to come out
with their experiences in the open. Now,
Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar have
expressed their view on the same.
In an interview with Business Insider,
Akshay Kumar said sexual misconduct is
"everywhere and that the allegations
against entertainment stars in the US may
encourage other women around the world
to speak up.
"It's just that when [sexual misconduct]
happens in Hollywood, it comes out so big.
Everybody knows about it, but it's
everywhere, Akshay said. In response to
the same question, actor-turned-writer-
turned-producer Twinkle Khanna said
women are fed up of being mistreated and
hence, they are voicing themselves.
"It's an outreach that's been suppressed for
very long. Women are tired of being
grabbed and groped. Women are tired of
bending over backwards to get ahead in
the workforce, bending over backwards to
the point where sometimes they have to lie
horizontal in order to go forward, said
Twinkle.
To the same publication, Shah Rukh Khan
said that women should be lauded for
coming out so bravely. "We should not just
let it be about Oh this man behaved like
this' and This is so shocking,' or all of that.
But we should respect the emotion of the
women taking such a strong step in
coming out, and being so brave, and help
stop this from happening in our individual
industries, said the actor who was quick
to accept that he is a successful man in a
patriarchal system.
"The sad part of it is that you don't know if
it could be happening right under your
nose, he continued.
Dozens of women have accused Harvey
Weinstein of sexual harassment. Weinstein,
who is currently under investigation for
sexual assault in four cities, has denied all
allegations of non-consensual sex.
http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-on-sexual-harassment-akshay-kumar-twinkle-khanna-4986723/.
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