Celebrity feminism is superficial and does not always reflect the struggles of the average woman.
Celebrity feminism still has it value because it helps shape popular opinion in the right direction. Ideally, celebrity feminists should be speaking up against Salman now. However, let us not forget that Bollywood is still a male dominated industry. Women are still struggling for equal pay and fair portrayal. Also Salman Khan has clout. He has subdued superstars like Abhishek Bacchan and Aishwariya Rai. I do not think some of these women have enough power to take it on.
Also lets face it, Salman's statement was anti-women. Critiquing women for not standing up is fair. But bashing women for not, is counter productive.
If David takes on Goliath, it's a powerful feat. If David runs away from Goliath, we cannot fault him for self preservation.
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