Almost every actor, who recently opened up about her or his experience of sexual harassment by filmmakers and other actors, has been questioned for speaking up years after they were molested.
Bollywood actors are seen lauding their Hollywood counterparts for naming and shaming the offenders, they are reluctant to follow suit. Actor Kangana Ranaut believes it is the scepticism of society that stops actors, especially women, to come out with their experiences in the open.
Kangana has never been the one to shy away from taking names of all those in the film industry, who exploited her. But the Simran actor said that it’s high time women weren’t asked as to why they didn’t speak up earlier.
“To tell our women, ‘Next time, make sure not to wear that dress, and you don’t go to that hotel room at this point of time and also don’t be too ambitious,’ all these things are not healthy. What we are telling our children is that they are responsible for a sexual offender’s behavior. How can I be responsible? I am going to my work. Even if I am going out with my colleague or I am having wine with a friend or a partner, how can my clothing, my demeanor convert someone into a sexual offender? It’s not in my hands.” She said.
“I got harassed and I know a lot of people who got harassed. Sometimes you don’t have that liberty to put your career at stake. I do agree that you want to take that promotion but now you want to save the girls who will follow you. If I want to talk about it after six years, you as a society should encourage me. Why would you say, ‘Why now? Are you out of job? You didn’t scream at that time. Where’s the photo? Where’s the video?’ I should be allowed to talk about it (sexual harassment) even from my death bed,” said Kangana.
“poor or ambitious enough.”
“Sexual harassment is the most misunderstood term in our country. I have seen a lot of actresses and influential people talking about sexual harassment but completely misunderstanding that for consensual sex. Why do you say ‘I was not a very ambitious girl so, I avoided sexual harassment?’ What are you implying? ‘I don’t come from a poor family. So, I could avoid sexual harassment.’ I don’t get the connection. What is the connection?” questioned Kangana.
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