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Rape survivor pens open letter to Salman
By: Tupaki Desk | 22 Jun 2016 10:02 PM IST
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is facing severe criticism for his âraped womanâ comments. The actor in his interview said that he felt like a rape victim while acting in scenes of his upcoming film Sultan.The actor comments created huge furor across all corners of the nation and his father Salim Khan came up with an apology on behalf of his son.
Now a gang rape survivor has dashed an open letter to the actor. Gang-rape survivor Sunitha Krishnan has wrote a scathing open letter to the actor.
Here's the letter
"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 trivialized 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.
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"
Sunitha is a Padma Shri awardee and working as social activist.
Now a gang rape survivor has dashed an open letter to the actor. Gang-rape survivor Sunitha Krishnan has wrote a scathing open letter to the actor.
Here's the letter
"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 trivialized 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.
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"
Sunitha is a Padma Shri awardee and working as social activist.