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Swati Maliwal, Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women shared an interesting post on Monday with a hastag MondayMotivation. Maliwal's post was an appreciation for the recent movie 'Rocky Aur Rani ki Prem Kahani' starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in titular roles.
What is the social media post about?
In the post, Maliwal has spoken about gender biases that exist in society.
"Introducing #MythMondays where every week we will question prevailing #gender biases in our society. This time it is the issues the movie ‘Rocky and Rani’ beautifully addresses. Let me know what biases you want us to demolish next Monday!, Maliwal has posted on the social media platform, Instagram.
"Tum ladke hoke kathak karoge"
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"Kachha publicly sookhe lekin bra ka strap bhi dikhe to paap"
This post is in reference to a very “normalized” way of visualising a woman's undergarment. In many households, while men can put their clothes outside to dry, women are brain-trained in such a manner that they hesitate to dry their undergarments properly. The social unacceptance towards a woman's undergarment is so deeply embedded in society that people can not tolerate seeing a woman's bra strap in public. "Bra bhi ek normal kapda hai jisei har ladki pehenti hai. Yeh koi vichitra cheez nahi hai, jisei sharam aaye," Maliwal writes.
"Naukri karne wali ladkiyan apni family ki fikar nahi karti"
Among other posts on gender bias, Maliwal has posted a hard-hitting one! She talks about the negative acceptance of working women. A woman with a job is said to be having no skills for running a house. Putting the entire burden of a house on the woman and labeling her as incapable if she engages herself in doing a job of her has been a socially prevalent thought. Maliwal speaks about this issue in her post. "Housewives aur working women dono parivar ko equal importance deti hai. Ghar ki dekh bhaal karna sirf aurto ka kaam nahi hai," she writes.
"Ladke khana nahi bana sakte hain"
This is probably one of the most debatable topic in our society. Cooking has always been labelled as a woman's job. Many find it difficult to accept a man's position inside the kitchen. Men, who are infact interested in cooking, are said to be effeminate. Many men are discouraged to pursue a career in this. The social conditioning is so strong that men find it beneath their dignity to step inside kitchen. "Bade chef jyadatar aadmi hote hai, to phir ghar par khana kyo nahi bana sakte hain?," she writes.