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Malaika Arora was told by a commenter on her sm account that she should 'dress decently as she was aged'. Huh?!
Malaika Arora was told by a commenter on her sm account that she should ‘dress decently as she was aged’. Huh?!
“She has to dress decently as she has aged.”
The sheer stereotyping of how a woman should be in this sentence always irks me. How many of you agree with this statement?
Yesterday, while I was browsing I came across a weird comment made by someone who named themselves Anonymous on actor Malaika Arora’s post. It said: “This lady should dress decently as she is aged.”
A man or a woman who makes this derogatory comment is not even true to their identity, hides behind anonymity; how can they comment on someone else’s choices? Playing games behind the curtain is a cowardly act.
As woman certainly carries the risk of being tagged at all age groups, in a patriarchal society that identifies her with her body.
When she is a teenager and most vulnerable to sexual abuse, molestation and harassment, she is advised to dress modestly by parents.
Women in their 30s or 40 s are ‘admired’ for their looks and winning attitudes, but with a souring tag of ‘ageing yet beautiful’.
And older women are outright told to ‘dress according to their age’.
It should not matter how old Malaika Arora is. Her attitude and the way she deals with what life dishes up is a powerful statement. And no one has the right to judge.
It’s time to teach your boys some decency.
It’s my personal opinion that every human being must follow the liberation of dressing barring gender bias with decency as inclusivity.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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