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Don't you have a problem with the way women are portrayed in these dramas? It encourages the mindset that "good women" are those that sacrifice themselves for the sake of their in-laws/husband and that only after bearing through torture patiently does a woman succeed?
A few examples:
When Abha got married and moved in, her father in law hated her and mistreated her. As a human being, she has a right to respect. Karan tried to leave and what did she do? Stop him. She played the "perfect bahu" role and swore to "win" his love one day. Basically perfect bahu is propegated to be a woman who sacrifices herself at the hands of her inlaws.
Second, Saniya. Why on earth would anyone, even if they are pregnant, marry a man they KNOW is crazy? And why would her friends allow her to do it? It is shown that as a woman, again, she has to sacrifice herself and first pass through difficulty before gaining happiness.
Does nobody wonder why men aren't shown like that? Why don't the men in dramas have to "sacrifice" themselves the same way? Why is sanskar still acceptable to saniyas fam after they know he is CRAZY but saniya wouldn't be acceptable because she is pregnant?
The place of women in India is pretty bad. And dramas are only making it stick around for longer. So many dramas show the man slapping the woman---why aren't people outraged that tv is portraying men hitting women with no consequence. Why aren't these women shown standing up for themselves? How come they don't show any "good wife" as ever being angry w her husband??
A few examples:
When Abha got married and moved in, her father in law hated her and mistreated her. As a human being, she has a right to respect. Karan tried to leave and what did she do? Stop him. She played the "perfect bahu" role and swore to "win" his love one day. Basically perfect bahu is propegated to be a woman who sacrifices herself at the hands of her inlaws.
Second, Saniya. Why on earth would anyone, even if they are pregnant, marry a man they KNOW is crazy? And why would her friends allow her to do it? It is shown that as a woman, again, she has to sacrifice herself and first pass through difficulty before gaining happiness.
Does nobody wonder why men aren't shown like that? Why don't the men in dramas have to "sacrifice" themselves the same way? Why is sanskar still acceptable to saniyas fam after they know he is CRAZY but saniya wouldn't be acceptable because she is pregnant?
The place of women in India is pretty bad. And dramas are only making it stick around for longer. So many dramas show the man slapping the woman---why aren't people outraged that tv is portraying men hitting women with no consequence. Why aren't these women shown standing up for themselves? How come they don't show any "good wife" as ever being angry w her husband??
