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I read a lot of posts where many find it immature, idiotic and careless of Zoya to go out alone on a day of strike and take a lift from the stranger in the late night.
I have a different POV and thought of posting it here, because I hate it when women are told to watch what they do, what they wear, what they speak. For me Zoya was immature and stupid to argue with Asad instead of patiently making him understand, she was idiotic to belittle Asad's concern for her.
I felt that the writers wanted to send a message that a woman need to have all the freedom equally as men have, her freedom and desires shouldn't be suppressed just because one thing ie, she is a woman. Unfortunately the writers failed to convey it in a better way, it would be better if she had gone out to watch cricket rather than Mr.Dhoni, it would be better if she or Dilshad had spoken patiently with Asad rather than making it a stupid ego clash(which once again was not conveyed properly), it would be better if she had spoken the words similar to those which she is going to speak while slapping that creep, while explaining Asad.
I find fault in only 2 things, 1) the reason to go out is a celebrity which is a bad passion.
2) the bad, very bad screenplay and dialogues. The better screenplay would have totally changed the impact.
I am totally fine with the idea of Zoya going out alone on the strike day, because there is a need of a atmosphere where a woman need not worry to go out in any time of the day, any corner of the world. These small small advises that woman need to be smart and careful not to be alone are actually restrictions which we fail to understand, these unnoticed restrictions grow and slowly become a pile of restrictions which we willingly accept because we convince ourselves that being a woman it is my responsibility.
Just imagine if Zoya wasn't a rich lady, didn't have a fiance like Asad who owns a car, and her mother was seriously ill and had to take medication, but there is a strike, no trace of humans on the road and it's midnight, a stranger offers her lift, what would you suggest her to do? Sit at home as it is not advisable for a woman to go out in such situation??
There are all chances of her getting raped there, because the rapist doesn't know whether her mother is sick so she is out or she has come to meet a celebrity so she is out, all he knows is if a woman is walking alone in the midnight she is not careful enough and I have all the rights to rape her as she herself is inviting it on her!
That's why I am against the idea of such 'advises' to women not to do this and do that, because men take advantage of that, we women ourselves make them believe that you can do anything if I am not following such and such code of conduct. Men need to be thought that woman should be respected without any restrictions and conditions.
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