Maybe some like it, but not everyone is comfortable with the change. Habits, behaviour and appearance, everything had to change to the extent of being toxic for the woman’s emotional health. Man, on the other hand, need not make any changes. I was raised to believe that women should adjust, make huge changes in their lives after marriage. ![]() At that time giving up my education, career, financial independence and many other decisions did not seem that bad, because I was made to believe that is the right thing for a woman to do. In fact, people put in a lot of effort to misguide me and pushed me to make wrong choices. I made mistakes back then because I was not mature enough, had less life experiences and no one guided me in the right way. It’s high time for this change and we must all come forward to make this happen. These actions and messages will force the filmmakers to rethink what they are doing. In addition we all should boycott the movies that have these degrading songs. We need to speak up and voice our opinion publicly against these songs so the conversation will start and the message will spread. Then perhaps we’d see a positive change in cultural attitudes. They should stop including these songs in their movies and should start taking responsibility to portray strong women in their movies and spread the necessary messages that women are not objects. It is high time for filmmakers to understand the negative impact of these songs on society. Sadly, there are some politicians, lawyers, common people around who make public statements blaming victims for rape. The documentary India’s daughter included shocking comments blaming the victim for the rape, saying women ask for rape by the way they dress and the times they go out. The impact of seeing the negative attitudes toward women works on subconscious levels over time and violence becomes slowly contagious.įollowing the horrific 2012 Delhi gang rape of 23 year old medical student Jyoti Singh there were articles and debates linking item songs to violence on women. ![]() It is unlikely that a good person will turn bad the next day if he watches a sexist movie or that someone will bring positive social change after watching a progressive movie. ![]() It’s time for the powerful entertainment industry to shoulder some responsibility for the India they’re helping to shape. In a culture like ours, media shapes our views from a young age and has the power to promote change. ![]() But unfortunately these movie stars and famous athletes have a wider influence and impact on the youth than our journalists, authors, and hardworking activists. People tell us that what we see onscreen shouldn’t affect us, that it’s just entertainment. Instead item songs portray a skewed image of sexuality, promoting the false and emotionally warped idea that women enjoy sexual harassment and can be treated as sexual objects. It’s not the sex that’s wrong sex is a natural part of life, and a healthy wholesome interaction between a man and a woman and that could put out a positive message to viewers. The movie industry and fans argue that there are no actual sex scenes involved in item songs, so these songs are not a problem. Never miss real stories from India's women.
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