Amidst the uproar over Salman Khan's ' raped
woman' analogy, gang-rape survivor Sunitha Krishnan, a Padma Shri
awardee social activist, has penned a scathing open letter to
the actor.
In her letter, Sunitha put
together her thoughts and concerns about, saying "I do not wish to take
the name of the person in question because I feel it would be an act of giving
him too much respect. The fact that he could easily compare himself to being
raped shows how badly he has trivialised rape and rape culture. The harsh truth
is that good looks and some talent made him the star that he is and he takes
this role very lightly. With such fame, comes responsibility.
She added, "Instead of being
aware of this, he has basically compared the scars, trauma and abuse of a rape victim to
his role in a movie. I keep hearing men and women making such remarks and
recently too, I found a woman who made a joke along these lines. She used to
say 'I was raped by this' or 'I was raped by that' with no thought on the
repercussions of these statements."
"What we need to remember is
rape culture is around us and all of these trivialising remarks add to it. As
far as I can say, only perverts can make such statements. He is a
disgrace," continued Sunitha.
After the 50-year-old actor landed
in a soup, where women activists are seeking an apology from the 'Dabangg'
actor, father Salim Khan came up with an apology on behalf of his star son and
said that his statement was wrong but not intentional.
Brother Arbaaz Khan too faced the
media to clear the air, saying that though Salman's intention behind his
comments was not wrong, he can issue a clarification if he wants.
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Source: ANI
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