03-10-2020

Actor Anushka Sharma has written a hard-hitting note on Instagram amid the ongoing protests against the recent Hathras gang-rape. The actor wrote that �in our society, having a male child is viewed as a privilege�.

Calling this notion a �myopic vision�, Anushka wrote, �Of course, it�s no more privilege than having a girl child but the fact is that this so-called privilege has been viewed incorrectly and with an extremely myopic view. The only �privilege� is that one has the opportunity to raise a boy in a way that he respects a girl. That�s your DUTY as a parent to society. So, don�t think of it as a PRIVILEGE.�

She added, �The gender of the child doesn�t make you privileged but it is actually the responsibility you owe to society to raise a boy so well that women feel safe and protected.�

On Thursday, the actor had expressed her shock at the rape in Uttar Pradesh�s Balrampur, which came almost immediately after the Hathras incident. On Instagram, she posted, �Barely any time has passed and we are hearing of another brutal rape!?! In which world do such monsters think they can do this to a young life.�