Konkona Sen Sharma opens up about gender equality and feminism!
Bollywood actress Konkona Sen Sharma is one of the actors who is outspoken. She has spoken about gender equality, feminism and more at various occasions and her quotes are worth reading.
Lately, during a communication with a charitable organisation named OXFAM India, Konkona was questioned if she is someone who has strongly practiced in raising a feminist or gender-sensitive child. To which she specified, “I am very aware of this and it troubles me I see that there are so many everyday instances of gender inequality that happen around him. In our neighbourhood, kids play football in the evening and once I had a conversation with my son about the fact that it was boys who were playing and the girls were nowhere to be seen. I feel it is important to have such conversations and make your child aware of gender because in so many un-thinking ways they can learn about patriarchy.”
She further revealed, “Once I remember, he asked if he could wear a nail polish. I didn’t tell him that boys don’t wear nail polish. I explained that make-up was not meant for children and he could decide for himself when he grew up. But, then he also learnt from the world that boys don’t wear pink. I kept explaining that colour doesn’t matter but sometimes children are influenced more my other kids than parents. It is hard, for parents alone, to counter the existing patriarchy. The community, society and school mould a child’s perspective towards gender. There are gender differences but they need to be celebrated and integrated.”
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